Yemen Plans Anti-Piracy Center

CAIRO [MENL] -- Yemen intends to establish a center to battle piracy in the
Gulf.
Yemen plans to launch operations of a regional center to combat piracy
in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden in 2009. Officials said the center would
be established in cooperation with 20 other countries, including Japan,
Malaysia and the United States.
"The center will be opened at the beginning of next year, and two other
centers will be opened in Tanzania and Kenya," Yemeni Transportation
Minister Khalid Ibraim Al Wazir said.