An Egyptian billionaire has denied reports he was involved in talks to buy the Independent newspapers. MediaGuardian.co.uk on Tuesday said that Samih Sawiris, the chairman and chief executive of Orascom Development Holding and one of three sons of Onsi Sawiris, founder of the Orascom group of companies in the 1950s, has been negotiating with...
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Noureddine Zehrouni Algerians have welcomed a statement by their interior minister to apply the reciprocity principle on special terrorism-related air travel watch lists. The US last month directed airlines to give US-bound travellers from 14 countries, including Algeria, full-body pat-downs. following a botched effort by a Nigerian to blow up an airliner over Detroit...
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Kuwait’s social affairs and labour ministry is moving towards dropping the three-year residence rule and the sponsor’s consent before allowing expatriates to transfer their visas. “The ministry seeks by adopting such a move to ease the situation of expatriates in Kuwait and allow them to switch sponsors without obstacles or impediments,” Al Shahed daily...
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Kuwait’s immigration has asked its services not to allow maids into the country unless their sponsors had the approval of a manpower office. “No domestic helper should be allowed to enter Kuwait without proper documents from a local manpower agency proving that they have endorsed him or her,” Al Shahed daily reported on Wednesday....
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Kuwait is moving towards allowing Georgian nationals to enter the country without a visa and staying up to 90 days, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said. The decision was announced during the visit of Georgian Interior Minister Ivan Merabishvili to Kuwait City where he reviewed with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Shaikh Jaber Al Khaled Al Jaber...
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