3:15 AM et Obama Lands, Security High " Journalists were asked by the Obama campaign to hold off from reporting that Obama would visit Afghanistan and Iraq prior to his trip abroad next week until he landed safely in the region — which his campaign informed us early this...
Gone are the days when Kuwait feared another Sadam Hussein´s bloody incursion into its territory. Now, Iraq is not under the reins of the Baath Party but Shiite leadership and trying to get rid of foreign patronage. After weeks considering the resumption of...
Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has spelled out his priorities for the deployment of US forces. He would like to cut down the forces presence in Iraq and Kuwait and deploy...
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Here we get a long and considered article on Canada's oil sand bonanza or environmental disaster depending on how you view it. Alberta as the new Kuwait. John Vidal's piece is a mixture of sound fact and comment and...
Almost two decades after the Gulf War in 1990, Kuwait is willing to appoint an Ambassador to Iraq. Much needs to be done to mend bilateral relations though. " Kuwait to name ambassador to Iraq soon, would be 1st since 1990 2008-07-10 17:45:12 - KUWAIT CITY (AP)...
Alcohol is available for sale once more in Baghdad. The sale of alcoholic beverages has not been allowed since early 2006, but now drink stores and cafes are starting to reopen again. Two years ago, al-Qa'ida...
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"Vidal: Bush ended US as a republic Press TV Saturday, June 28, 2008 Gore Vidal, US novelist, historian and social critic says the Bush regime has killed all of the constitutional links that made the US a republic. On...
" The UAE index score of 85.4 was up on 78.5 six months ago, although survey newcomer Qatar was higher at 88.6 as was Kuwait at 89.4. Saudi Arabia showed a dip from 92.2 to 80.1."
KUWAIT 16:10 GMT – The Kuwaiti government has submitted its resignation to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, after the elections of the new parliament last week.
The Amir re-appointed Sheikh...
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KUWAIT May 17, 2008 6:40 GMT – Today, Kuwait will elect its new parliament, succeeding the previously dissolved one.
One million four hundred thousand registered voters will elect fifty new members out of 275...
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UPDATE 3 12:30 GMT - Hezbollah has just issued a communiqué saying that Waleed Jinbelat’s Socialist Party militia had kidnapped three of its members, and executed two of them in...
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Kuwait 11:20am GMT/2:20pm KWT - Kuwait is currently being hit by a severe sand storm. A sudden storm engulfed Kuwait twenty minutes ago. The storm is heavy, cutting visibility to under 100 meters, with high...
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If you happen to own an attractive camel and think that yours is the best looking camel out there, then head on over to the United Arab Emirates for the annual camel beauty contest. I have to wonder what the camels...
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AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...