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- Private Amiri plane to take MP al-Qallaf to UK for treatment
KUWAITI, Jan 8 (KUNA) -- At the behest of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, a private Amiri plane will take MP Sayyed Hussein Ali al-Qallaf to the United Kingdom to pursue completion of his medical treatment there. (end)
- Kuwait-Sudan relations based on cooperation -- minister
KUWAIT, Jan 8 (KUNA) -- Minister of Information Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah underscored the deep-rooted Kuwaiti-Sudanese relations, which he said were based on joint cooperation. The minister was speaking to reporters last night at the
- Moroccan businessman upbeat about Kuwait summit
A Moroccan businessman hoped here Thursday that the planned Arab economic summit in Kuwait on January 19-20 would be a qualitative shift in the revamping of the Arab economic sector. The summit, which comes at a very critical time, voiced Kuwait's wise
- KFH briefs Tunisian leader on fresh project
Kuwait Finance House (KFH)-Tunisia Board Chairman Esam Yussef on Thursday kept Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali posted on the components of a planned KFH project in Tunisia. The project 'Tunis Communications City', which costs an estimated
- Kuwaiti investment bank in default
Global Investment House was the first of several expected casualties among Kuwaiti financial companies because of the global credit crunch.
- OPEC not considering special meeting: Libya
OPEC is not considering holding an extraordinary meeting next month, Libya's envoy to the oil producers' cartel told AFP on Wednesday, contradicting Iran which said OPEC would meet in Kuwait in February. 'So far we are not talking about another meeting,'
- Al-Hamad hails donation to Kuwaiti students in Egypt
Kuwait Ambassador to Egypt Dr. Rashid Al-Hamad hailed here on Wednesday the donation to Kuwaiti students in Egypt. The donation, offered to Cairo branch of the National Union of Kuwait Students (NUKS) by the Kuwaiti donor Nawaf Al-Anzi, will help solve
- Iran says OPEC to hold emergency meeting in February
TEHRAN, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Iran's representative to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Mohammad Ali Khatibi said here on Monday that the organization would hold an emergency meeting in Kuwait in February, Iran's state TV (IRIB)
- Egyptian thief on visit visa
Kuwait : Police have arrested an Egyptian man for robbing visitors to the Ministries Complex over the past few months, reports Al-Rai daily. The daily quoting security sources said police intensified their efforts after several people complained of being
- Romanian under custody in Kuwait for drug possession
A Romanian, a Kuwaiti man and a British woman, whose identity was not disclosed, were taken in custody for drug holding, the edition of yesterday of the daily Al-Dar announced. The incident occurred after the neighbours of the woman had complained that
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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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