Gulf | Kuwait
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Sunday May 27
Kuwait condemns massacre in Syria
Gulf state urges international community to help stop bloodshed
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Sunday May 27
Kuwait cracks whip on traffic violators
Over 7,000 violations recorded in six governorates over the weekend
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Sunday May 27
Arab League to hold emergency meeting on Syria massacre
Kuwait to contact members of Arab League for emergency meeting on massacre in Syria
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Thursday May 24
Lawmakers file no-confidence motion against Kuwait minister
Al Shamali allegedly squandered public funds by accommodating influential business figures
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Tuesday May 22
Kuwait government, parliament clash over grilling approach
A political crisis is looming in Kuwait after the cabinet and the parliament clashed
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Monday May 21
Kuwait urges citizens to avoid Lebanon
Kuwait joins UAE, Bahrain and Qatar in issuing travel advisory
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Monday May 21
Kuwaiti lawyers move against abusive blogger
Lawyers allege that the woman used her Twitter account for her attacks
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Thursday May 17
Kuwait busts visa-trafficking racket
Kuwait has arrested two men, a Gulf national and an Arab, for their alleged involvement in an extensive visa-trafficking racket
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Wednesday May 16
Manhunt for driver who dared police to catch him
Kuwait police looking for a Gulf driver for speeding, daring them to catch him after they stopped him
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Monday May 14
Kuwait blogger 'blasphemy' trial set for May 21
A Kuwaiti blogger held for allegedly posting abusive remarks against Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) will know about his fate next week
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Monday May 14
Kuwait warns against campaigning for candidates
Kuwait has pledged a zero-tolerance policy towards organising campaigns or using mosques to promote candidates in Egypt's presidential elections
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Sunday May 13
Kuwait warns drivers, impounds cars in traffic campaign
According to the statistics by the traffic directorate, the police booked 7,696 drivers for violating the traffic code in the country's six governorates
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Sunday May 13
Kuwait warns against campaigning for Egypt's candidates
Kuwait has pledged a zero-tolerance policy towards organising campaigns or using mosques to promote candidates in Egypt's presidential elections
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Thursday May 10
Kuwait parliament suspends lawmaker for 'indecent behaviour'
MPs also accused Mohammad Al Juwaihal of being drunk when he attended the session
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Wednesday May 9
Lawmakers seek to bar Kuwaiti women from becoming judges
Five Kuwaiti lawmakers are pushing for barring women from becoming judges under an amendment of the relevant legislation
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Wednesday May 9
15 fire-starters arrested as Kuwait seeks solutions to used tyres
Kuwait security has arrested 15 foreigners for allegedly setting tyres ablaze and starting two fires
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Wednesday May 9
Kuwait says TB reports exaggerated
A Kuwaiti health official has denied media reports that two students had contracted tuberculosis
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Tuesday May 8
30 children below 10 years killed in Kuwait accidents last year
30 children aged below 10 years were killed in car accidents in 2011.
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Monday May 7
Expatriate arrested for burning tyres in Kuwait
Kuwait's police have arrested an Indian national for allegedly setting tyres ablaze near Rahya.
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Sunday May 6
Kuwaiti interior minister is 'ready for open grilling'
MP Mohammad Al Juwaihal on April 24 made the formal move to have Shaikh Ahmad Al Humood answer questions on naturalisation, dual citizenship, alleged widespread use of weapons, lack of insecurity and administrative and financial mismanagement at the interior ministry
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Saturday May 5
Social media ‘are stoking sectarian tensions'
Stricter regulation planned by government wary of spillover from turmoil in nearby states
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Thursday May 3
Kuwait parliament approves amendment to death penalty
The amendment to the penal code to stipulate the death penalty was endorsed by 41 lawmakers and opposed by seven
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Wednesday May 2
Mystery in Kuwait over scalding tea-hurling incident
A woman in Kuwait hurled a cup of boiling tea at the wife of the former British ambassador, causing her second degree burns
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Wednesday May 2
Kuwaitis urged to comply with European burqa rules
The Kuwaiti foreign affairs ministry said that the ban was introduced last year and that citizens needed to respect the law of the lands they plan to visit this summer
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Wednesday May 2
Kuwait backs wage rises for private sector workers
The most qualified workers - such as physicians, pharmacists and engineers - will get 330 dinars more a month
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Kuwait condemns Houla massacre
Arab League urged to put end to oppression of Syrian people
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Car seats for children: Unsafe at any speed
Death rate among children in car accidents in the UAE is three times higher than global average
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Last minute ID rush is on
Expatriates in Dubai have thronged typing centres and Emirates ID registration offices to meet the May 31 registration deadline
