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- Kuwait very active at EMBRO meeting in Egypt -- official
Kuwaiti exhibited great energy in its participation in the 55th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO), said a Kuwaiti Health Ministry official on Saturday. Undersecretary at the Health Ministry Ali
- Kuwait law firm joins forces with leading US company
KUWAIT: Kuwait's largest law firm, Al-Wagayan, Al-Awadhi & Al-Saif yesterday announced its successful joint venture agreement with the leading US-based global firm, DLA Piper. The announcement was made at a joint press conference held at Sheraton
- PPD clears Kuwaiti singer of all charges
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti former singer Hussein Al-Ahmad, who gave up a promising singing career to travel to Afghanistan, has announced that he is to return to singing. He said he intends to act in a film and will record two albums. Al-Ahmad announced his
- Zain Zambia CEO Resigns
By Michael Malakata Zain Zambia CEO David Venn has resigned barely two months after Celtel Zambia was taken over by Zain of Kuwait. Venn was the head of Celtel Zambia for five years and did not give a reason for his resignation. 'Venn is leaving by the
- Indian cable thieves held; Indonesian attempts suicide
Kuwait : An Indonesian woman, in her 20s, sustained multiple injuries and fractures after jumping from the fourth floor of a building in Salmiya in an attempt to commit suicide.After receiving information about the incident, securitymen and paramedics
- Colombians held with colonel's cash
KUWAIT CITY : Police have arrested two Colombians for stealing money from the car of a colonel working for the State Security department, reports Al-Rai daily.According to the daily the colonel left two envelopes one containing KD 7,000 and the other
- Most Gulf stock markets rise at opening
(AFP)
 AFP - Most stock markets in the oil-rich Gulf states, which suffered massive losses this week, rose at the start of trading on Thursday, bolstered by a round of interest rate cuts.
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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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