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Aden
Newest Review: ... because it was founded in the volcano crater), you can see the impressive colonial buildings of the Aden Museum, although the outside is all you'll see. Since they were gutted during the civil war, the exhibits have bene moved to other museums, and there are no immediate plans to re-open. Walking close to the post office, you'll come across an unusual structure...a lone white free-standing minaret without the accompanying mosque. It leans ever so slightly, so this is Aden's answer to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. A street away lies the former house of Arthur Rimbaud, the 19th Century French poet turned adventurer and arms dealer.... more |
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Aden 2000 (2834 words)
by maikli - written on 31/07/02 (Very useful, 448 readings)
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Aden is a strange beast. For years, it was under British control and because of its strategic position, it soon became the fourth busiest duty-free port in the world. Then it was the capital of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen), the only Marxist state in the Middle East, during which Aden stagnated economically. In 1990, the two Yemens reunited, and Aden sunk back into backwater status, although it was pronounced Yemen's economic or winter capital. The scene of heavy fighting during the 1994 civil war, Aden's future looked bright with the construction of a new deep-water port, until a series of terrorist attacks (blowing up the USS Cole, ...
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