Less than 10 days before Tunisia’s constituent assembly is scheduled to convene, the name of the country’s next president remains highly elusive. Negotiations started three weeks ago between three of the top parties in the national elections over who will head the state for at least the next year have failed to reach a...
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A health insurance deal offering coverage for Kuwaiti students living in the United Kingdom came into effect on November 1, a diplomat from the Kuwaiti embassy in London said. The deal signed with a local insurance company will benefit all Kuwaiti students who submit the necessary documents, Dr Yaqoub Al Tammar, the head of...
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Bahrain’s Court of Appeals on Sunday postponed the trial of two Bahrainis for the killing of a policeman to January 2. The National Safety Court of First Instance on September 29 sentenced Ali Al Taweel to death and Ali Shamlooh to life in prison for allegedly killing Ahmad Al Muraissi, a policeman on duty...
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The Kuwaiti government has prepared since 2007 a comprehensive plan to ensure that any possible military attack against Iran over its nuclear programme would not have severe effects on Kuwait, a local daily reported. According to Kuwait Times, the government has medicine and foodstuff in store to serve the country for six to eight months...
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Shaikha Moza Bin Nasser Al Misned, wife of Qatar’s Emir, has pledged to increase her support to the core education activities of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) to help it overcome its financial difficulties. “Her Highness is particularly concerned that the decision of some member states to withhold contributions will...
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Bahrain said on Saturday that it arrested with the help of neighbouring Qatar a cell of five Bahrainis plotting to carry out acts of terror in the kingdom. Targets included vital establishments, the King Fahd Causeway, the Interior Ministry building and the embassy of Saudi Arabia.
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A Kuwaiti baby boy entered the world in a flurry of elevens after he was born on 11/11 at 11:11pm at a private clinic, a local daily said. “It was a great surprise for the couple and the baby’s special birthdate has been recorded,” Al Watan newspaper reported. Several Kuwaiti women wanted to deliver on the...
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