Qatar has named an avenue in Doha after Libyan hero Omar Mukhtar who, for nearly 20 years, led native resistance to Italian colonization of Libya. Qatar’s Emir, Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, relatives of the hero and Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the head of the Libyan Transitional National Council, attended the ceremony at Al...
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Qatar names avenue after Libyan hero Omar Mukhtar
Kuwaiti shaikh drops plan to run in parliamentary elections
A Kuwaiti shaikh (prince) who had planned to run in the February parliamentary elections has reversed his decision, citing “national interests and family wishes.” Shaikh Mishaal Abdullah Al Jaber earlier this month said that he would be a candidate in the elections to choose a new parliament to replace the dissolved national assembly. However,...
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Kuwait: Woman’s car smashed for ignoring admirer
Police in Kuwait are looking for a man who smashed a woman’s car after she ignored his attempts to draw her attention and to take his mobile number. According to Al Rai daily, the woman was driving her car in Salmiya, the main shopping and restaurant area in Kuwait City, when a young man started following her...
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Kuwait sets parliamentary elections for February 2
Kuwaitis will go to the polls on February 2 to elect a new parliament, the government spokesman said yesterday. Candidates for the new parliament will start signing up today, Ahmad Al Mulaif said following the weekly cabinet session.
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Tunisia cabinet to include human rights, transitional justice ministry
Tunisia’s new government, to be announced this week, is likely to include a ministry for human rights, grievances and transitional justice, the prime minister has said as he denied reports that his cabinet will have 51 ministers and vice ministers.
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Iran releases two Kuwaitis suspected of spying
Two Kuwaiti nationals who had been detained by Iran for five weeks for suspected espionage activities have been released and are now back in Kuwait. Adel Yahya and Raed Al Majed were flown home early on Sunday abroad a private plane and were welcomed in Kuwait City by dozens of relatives and friends.
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Bahrain launches investigation into attack
Bahrain’s interior ministry has distanced itself from the attacks on protestors perpetrated by some of its servicemen, saying that they broke its rules and regulations. “The ministry has watched the video showing policemen attacking a number of citizens,” Tariq Al Hassan, the ministry spokesman, said. “The Legal Affairs Department has launched an investigation and...
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