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Kuwaiti Women Win Passport Rights

In a landmark decision the Constitutional Court of Kuwait has granted women the right to obtain passports.  Previously, women in Kuwait could only obtain passports and travel documents with the consent of...

Ex-Wife Admits Arson At Kuwait Wedding: Death Toll Rises To 45

[UPDATE -- August 18, 2009] The death toll for the Kuwait wedding fire has now risen to 45. "Fire department chief Brig. Gen. Jassem al-Mansouri said four more victims died in hospital and six remained in critical condition."The fire that killed 43 women and children at a...

Fire At A Kuwait Wedding Kills 41 People, Leaves Many Injured

A fire that broke out inside a tent at a wedding in the town of al-Jahra near the capital of Kuwait has claimed the lives of 41 people late on Saturday. More than 70 people were injured, several are suffering from severe burns. All victims were women and children because...

to Hijab or not-Kuwaiti men poor losers over Kuwati Women win

" KUWAIT: An unsuccessful third constituency election candidate yesterday filed a petition to the public prosecution challenging the constituency's election results because the two winning female candidates among...

First women elected to Kuwait parliament

And there are four of them: "Kuwait City Kuwaitis voted for change in the Gulf emirate’s second poll in a year, giving women their first seats in parliament and punishing Sunni Islamic groups, according...

Camel Spiders Could Eat You for Supper!

Beware the Camel Spider! Though it may look like a spider, they are quite different.  Like scorpions and harvestmen, camel spiders belong to a distinct arachnid order called Araneae.   I must admit when...

WHEN KUWAIT GONNA LIFT THE BAN ON BANGLADESHI VISA TRANSFER

ANYONE GOT ANY IDEA ABOUT THE LIFTING THE BAN OF BANGLADESHI VISA TRANSFER MANY STUDENTS ARE FACING MANY PROBLEMS IN KUWAIT NO ONE IS LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE  

Breaking News: Millions see UFO crash, Saudi Arabia

" Astonishing events are occuring around the world and not as much as a word about them is being written or said in the West. In Saudi Arabia last week what might well have be a UFO, possibly crashing into earth,...

Kuwait Scrubs $17 Billion Joint Venture With Dow

Only one day ago, the headline of an article in the Midland (Mich.) Daily News read as follows:  Dow: K-Dow project will move forward.  Today, a completely different story surfaced in the form of  a news release The Dow Chemical Company issued early this...

Fighting a Parallel War in Iraq

Washington Post foreign correspondent Steve Fainaru writes: "To make up the shortfall of not enough troops in Iraq, the government chose to outsource for-profit companies that employed tens of thousands of...

2008 U.S. Army Soldier Thanksgiving Day greetings

2008 Thanksgiving Day greetings from U.S. Army Soldiers deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait.

Kuwaiti govt resigns but elections in two months

The Kuwaiti cabinet "handed in its resignation on Tuesday to prevent the questioning in parliament of Sheikh Nasser Mohammed, the prime minister, concerning corruption allegations" In addition, the unauthorised...

Is this the begining of a green revolution in Africa?

With the sharp rise in global grain prices, many affluent countries with limited arable land have begun looking to Africa for food security. Countries like Angola, Tanzania and Ethiopia have already shown...

Panicked investors force Kuwaiti Stock market to close-Sellers-No buyers

"Trading on Kuwait’s stock exchange was halted yesterday by court order in a measure meant to stop a months-long slide while authorities try to find ways to reinvigorate the market. The halt to trading is the first to be announced in the Gulf even though stock markets...

Iran urges OPEC to be more active

" Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:11:23 GMT Iran has said OPEC needs to be more active in order to calm oil markets as the recent output cut was only enough to stop further price falls.  "The decision by OPEC prevented a...

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