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- Asia Olympic Council backs Tokyo's 2016 bid
SINGAPORE: The Olympic Council of Asia has endorsed the bid of Tokyo to host the Summer Games in 2016. 'Asia will always support any city from Asia,' Kuwait's Ahmad Fahad al-Sabah, the council president, said after a general assembly meeting in
- Kuwaiti leadership congratulates Belarus on nat''l day
KUWAIT, July 3 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of congratulations on Friday to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on the occasion of his country's national day. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh
- Egyptian investment authority visits Kuwait
KUWAIT: Al-Kharafi Group held a press conference in connection with Assem Ragab's visit, (Egyptian Chairman of the General Authority for Investment) to Kuwait. Attendees were briefed about investment projects in road and marine transportation, food
- Crossed lines over Zains Africa sale
CONFLICTING messages are coming out of the Middle East about how seriously Zain is considering selling its pan-African networks. Yesterday, the Kuwait-based cellular operator said it was working with Swiss bank UBS and other advisers to study and review
- Kuwait's Zain mulling offers for African operations
KUWAIT CITY, June 30, (RTRS): Kuwaiti telecoms company Zain is prepared to sell its African operations after receiving several offers including one from Europe?s largest entertainment group Vivendi, a paper reported. ?Zain has no objection to go
- Brazilian Company to Export Fish to the Arabs
GENERAL - Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are in the list of future clients of Nativ Pescados, a fishery company based in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Company Nativ Pescados, which owns a fish farm and a cold storage warehouse
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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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AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.
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