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A workshop on environmental filmmaking was held by an award-winning American documentary maker at the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development (QF). Ian Cheney, winner of the 2008 George Peabody Award for his film ‘King Corn,’ hosted the workshop for 20 university students in the Hamad Bin Khalifa Student Centre.
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A controversial Kuwaiti lawmaker has threatened to grill the interior minister if he does not push for deporting the Syrians who stormed their embassy in Kuwait City on Friday. “They had failed to comply with the laws of the land,” Mohammad Juwaihal said.
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A veteran Kuwaiti politician has blamed the emergence of sectarianism as an important factor to be elected to parliament. “The emergence of chaos and of negative phenomena, including the sectarian dimension, has enabled people to reach the parliament,” Ahmad Al Khatib, the deputy chairman of the 1962 constituent assembly that drafted the constitution, said.
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Kuwait’s newly-elected parliament will hold its first session on February 15, the cabinet said following its weekly meeting. The session will elect the speaker and his deputies in a much anticipated standoff after three MPs, Ahmad Al Saadoon, Ali AL Rashed and Mohammad Al Saqr, have so fair said that they would be seeking...
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Challenges and opportunities presented by stem cell research will be explored at a conference in Qatar by more than 250 participants, including ethicists and scientists. Organisers of the Qatar International Conference on Stem Cell Science and Policy said that more than 45 national, regional and international institutes will present their views on stem cell...
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Bahrain’s interior minister has condemned attacks on the country’s expatriate communities, saying that the violence was unacceptable. “Attacks on the expatriates and members of the foreign communities are unacceptable by any standard,” Shaikh Rashid Bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said.
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Kuwait has condemned the storming of the Syrian embassy in Kuwait City by hundreds of people, mainly Syrian nationals. Reports in the Kuwaiti capital said that the pre-dawn smashing on Saturday targeted the embassy building and the nearby residence of the ambassador.
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Kuwait’s Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah on Sunday accepted the resignation of the government. The resignation was expected following the parliamentary elections held on Thursday and in which tribesmen and Islamists made gains, easing out women and curbing the number of liberals in the 50-seat parliament.
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Tunisia has launched procedures to expel the Syrian ambassador and withdraw its recognition of the regime in Damascus, the official news agency said, citing a presidential palace statement. The decision was attributed to the bloodshed and to the deadly attacks on Homs as the Muslim nation celebrated the birthday of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), the...
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Tunisia will hold fresh parliamentary elections within 18 months, the prime minister has said. “There is a determination within the interim authorities to hold transparent and democratic elections within 18 months,” Hamadi Jebali said.
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