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Parliament's Educational Committee has approved a new press and publications draft law calling for removing restrictions on licences for new dailies and outlawing the arrest and detention of journalists, head of the committee has said.

Long-awaited political reforms in Kuwait were put on the back burner yesterday as parliament voted to delay a decision on amending the electoral law until the next legislative term starting in October this year.

The British Government should respond to Saudi demands to hand over wanted Saudis living in the UK to show its credibility in its calls for fighting terrorism, said Kuwait Member of Parliament Ali Al Hajri.

A criminal court yesterday sentenced two Kuwaitis to five years and a third to a four-year term on charges of joining an "illegal" organisation and for involvement in the killing of a US Marine here.

A senior Kuwaiti minister and a key member of the Al Sabah ruling family said in comments yesterday that political parties and "rotation of power" will be allowed in the country at "one stage."