Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday said that the alliance would not return to Libya following reports that former rebels were forming new military units in the country. “We operated on the basis of a UN mandate and I want to stress that we terminated our operations in Libya on 31 October...
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Bahrain on Thursday highlighted the structure and process of the compensation fund that will assist people who can show they have been affected morally or physically during the unrest. Under a decree issued by King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa, the National Fund for the Compensation of Victims set up in September under the...
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Kuwait’s electoral commission said that 286 candidates would run in the parliamentary elections next week. The final figure was announced hours after the January 25 deadline given to those who wished to pull out of the race for the 50 seats in the parliament.
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Cairo airport authorities have foiled an attempt by a Kuwaiti national to smuggle out three lion cubs. The man, who was not identified, on Wednesday evening presented a document reportedly from Egyptian wildlife officials stating that he was allowed to take three cubs out of the country, reports said.
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Americans are more concerned with domestic issues and US President Barack Obama indicated in his State of the Union address that he will be focusing his attention on internal problems over foreign affairs this election season, a political communication expert has said in Qatar.
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Bahraini nationals should be given allowances by the government for their university degrees, a lawmaker has said. “A Bahraini who has a BA and is working in the public sector should be given an extra 100 dinars in monthly allowances,” MP Sawsan Al Taqawi said. “An employee with a Masters’ degree should be given 200...
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Kuwaitis trafficking in work permits have been accused of inflating the number of foreigners moving into Kuwait and putting pressure on the municipality to tackle the problems they cause. Fadhil Safar, Works and Municipalities Minister, said that the total population of Kuwait should be around three millions based on official figures.
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Bahrain’s labour minister on Wednesday said that up to 11,000 jobs were available in the country. “According to the data we have, there are between 8,000 and 11,000 vacancies,” Jameel Humaidan said.
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Bahrain’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of provisions in the National Safety Act. The ruling follows an application by the prime minister to the court on the constitutionality of articles of Royal Decree 18/2011 on the state of national safety.
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A Bahraini lawmaker has called for strict action to limit the number of foreigners staying illegally in the country, warning that their status is a social and economic threat.
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