The US ambassador to Kuwait has pledged to give a local newspaper $5,000 for every journalist detained by the US authorities for his or her political views. Deborah K. Jones made the pledge to Kuwaiti daily Al Rai as she dismissed claims about a contrast in the US human rights policy when the US...
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The number of deaths recorded in Qatari hospitals under Hamad Medical Corporation in 2009 has tripled in one year, a study indicates. Statistics in a “Mortality according to Gender and Cause” study show that 2,292 cases of death were registered at HMC last year, up from 761 cases in 2008, Qatari daily The Peninsula...
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