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Kuwait News
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Finance House (KFH), the country's biggest Islamic lender, said it signed a $242 million real estate deal in Chicago.KFH owns 95 per cent of the project, while the remaining 5PC is owned by Prism Company, the lender said in a statement...
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KUWAIT: The visit by the Sultan Qaboos bin Said to the State of Kuwait today is an opportunity to bolster ties between the two nations and further coordinate stances on main issues of concern to the Arab and Muslim nation. The strong relations between the...
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Association of Indian Professionals (AIP), in collaboration with the Kuwait Times is organizing a mega event to award the meritorious Indian students on December 28, 2009 (Monday) at the Indian Community School, Salmiya. Awardees have been selected based ...
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CAPITALS: A joint venture between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has extended the bidding deadline for two projects at AlـKhafji oilfield to Dec. 28, bidders said on Saturday. The original deadline for both contracts was Sept. 28, but has been extended several ...
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SEOUL - The UAE is likely to announce the results of one of the world’s biggest nuclear power contracts later on Sunday, South Korean media reported. South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak is currently visiting the UAE in a push to win one of the larg...
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TEHRAN: Iran would be willing to swap nuclear material with the West in Turkey, the foreign minister said in the country''s latest counteroffer to a UNـdrafted deal aimed at thwarting Tehran''s ability to produce atomic weapons.The UN proposal aims to ea...
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Dubai : The UAE is forging ahead with the development of a national space industry and its pioneering role can help accelerate the establishment of a pan-Arab space agency which would reduce the cost of sending satellites into orbit.There are currently mo...
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Iranian soldiers have withdrawn 50m from an oil well along the southern Iraqi-Iranian border, an Iraqi official confirmed to reporters on a tour of the well yesterday. Ali Maarij, general director of Iraq’s Naft Maysan Company, the Iraqi company respons...
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KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Hilal Al-Sayer has reaffirmed providing all medical care needed to treat injured Iraqis, who arrived here earlier Thursday, all the way until they are fully recovered.In a statement to KUNA, Minister Al-Sayer said treating the 2...
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The Kuwaiti parliament passed a new labour law yesterday that grants better rights and conditions for the 2.3mn foreign workers but does not scrap the controversial sponsor system....
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KUWAIT: About a hundred students gathered at Kuwait University's College of Arts campus in Keifan yesterday. They held a demonstration for peace and solidarity in Kuwait. ...
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KUWAIT CITY — Parliament in the oil-rich Gulf state of Kuwait gave its initial approval on Thursday to a bill that requires the government to buy some 21.6 billion dollars of loans taken out by citizens.The plan stipulates that the state would reschedul...
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Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates set up a body on Wednesday to run its burgeoning nuclear programme to produce electricity, which is expected to award the region's largest-ever energy deals soon, state media reported.A decree by President Sheikh Khalif...
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KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah AlـAhmad AlـSabah met with visiting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at Bayan Palace Wednesday. The meeting was also attended by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf AlـAhmad AlـSabah, First Deputy Pri...
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The head of Hamas political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, says the construction of an enormous metal barrier by Egypt equals a new war against Gazans. In a statement televised by Al-Quds satellite channel, Meshaal echoed remarks made by United Nations Relief a...
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KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, in the presence of Turkish President Abdullah Gul, sponsored and attended a ceremony marking Kuwait Oil Company's (KOC) 75th anniversary, held at KOC's Stadium in Ahmadi yesterday.His Highness ...
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Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Tuesday to continue its country's enrichment program, saying the Islamic republic would not allow the US to dominate the Middle East. Ahamdinejad rejected a year-end deadline set by the United States to acce...
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KUWAIT: Turkish President Abdullah Gul said here on Tuesday that his visit to Kuwait is not of a protocol nature, but is a "desirable visit to visit from the heart" because of the depth of relations between the two countries and the positive results that ...
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TEHRAN: Huge crowds of Iranians turned out for the funeral of leading dissident leader Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri in Qom on Monday and some chanted anti-government slogans, websites reported.Montazeri, who died late on Saturday aged 87, was vie...
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KUWAIT: Turkish President Abdullah Gul arrived here on Monday on a twoـday official visit, during which he is scheduled to hold talks with His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah AlـAhmad AlـSabah. The Turkish leader was received at the airport by His Highn...
