The Economist (US), March 3rd, 1990
THE moustachioed face of an ex-enemy has joined the official portraits on Aden's walls. As the chances of unity between the two Yemens grow tantalisingly good, southerners are changing their minds about Colonel Ali Abdullah Saleh, the northern president. The traditionalist Yemen Arab Republic, called North Yemen even though it isn't (see map), has for 20 years faced up to the Marxist People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. The elusive ideal of a single Yemen harks back to the time of the Queen of Sheba. More recent talk about unity has led to shots and bombs: each Yemen has wanted to rebuild t...
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