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Sunday, February 12, 2012 5:57 GMT
Yemen, grappling with poverty and a resurgent Al-Qaeda, is in talks with Saudi firms interested in acquiring farms or investing in fishery and livestock production with a first deal eyed by June 2010, an official said. Talks with Persian Gulf investors mainly from neighboring Saudi Arabia focused on investing in the western Red Sea coastal area of Houdeida, home to a port and fishery industry, Salah Attar, chairman of Yemen's General Investment Authority, said. - Kuwait Times