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- Egypt's AlWatany Bank Q1 net up 129 percent
CAIRO (Reuters) - AlWatany Bank of Egypt, a unit of National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), reported a 129 percent rise in first-quarter net profit to 101 million Egyptian pounds, the stock exchange said on Wednesday. AlWatany Bank, which the Kuwait bank bought
- Bathali held for inciting youth to 'Jihad'
KUWAIT CITY : The Public Prosecution Monday ordered the detention of Islamist activist Mubarak Al-Bathali until Tuesday for his statement on his relations with 'jihadists' in Iraq, which was published in a local newspaper on May 7.In an interview with
- Former emir dies in Kuwait
Kuwait's former emir Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, who ruled this small oil-rich ally of Washington for nine days before being removed for ill health, has died, state television reported.
- Sheik Saad, Kuwait's former emir, dies at 78
Kuwait's former emir Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, who ruled this small oil-rich ally of Washington for nine days before being removed for ill health, died Tuesday. He was 78.
- Former Kuwait emir dies
(AFP)
 AFP - A former emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Saad Abdullah al-Sabah, has died after a long illness, the royal court announced on Tuesday in a statement broadcast by state television. He was 78.
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Kuwait was attacked and overrun by Iraq on 2 August 1990. Following several weeks of aerial bombardment, a US-led UN coalition began a ground assault on 23 February 1991 that completely liberated Kuwait in four days. Kuwait has spent more than $5 billion to repair oil infrastructure damaged during 1990-91.
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