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Iraqis gave Kuwaitis a stark reminder of the 1990 invasion when protesters from Umm Qasr fired shots across the border just days before the 15th anniversary of Kuwait's occupation.

The percentage of heart and artery-related diseases has increased dramatically here and necessary steps must be taken to cope with the situation, says Dr Riyaz Al Tarazi, chief of Surgical Unit at the Chest Diseases Hospital.

Kuwaiti women are set to face more challenges and will not be influenced by male family members, nor will Islamists benefit from women's suffrage when they vote in the 2007 elections, said a top Kuwaiti campaigner for women's political rights.

Kuwaiti women are set to face more challenges when they vote in the 2007 elections, said a top Kuwaiti campaigner for women's political rights.

Speculations about forming a new Shiite bloc have been squashed by a prominent member of the parliament.

Kuwaiti liberals and women's rights activists slammed Islamists' campaign to attract women voters for the next parliamentary elections saying the members of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM) were the main hurdle in the way of women achieving political rights.

Kuwait school curriculum should be changed so that it promotes national unity, said a prominent member of the parliament.

The Islamic Constitutional Movement has initiated a campaign to recruit women to create a strong base at all electoral constituencies, according to a leader of the movement.

The government of Kuwait has rejected a parliamentary proposal to speed up nationalisation in public sector jobs, saying highly qualified foreigners were still needed by the ministries.

The National Assembly Speaker has criticised what he said was the government's silence on the criticism of Kuwait's human rights record by a visiting US official.

Elizabeth L. Cheney, American deputy assistant secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, who is on a state visit to Kuwait, opened up to the media yesterday on a range of topics from women's political rights in the region to the presidential elections in Iran.

Kuwait City Removing discrimination against Kuwaiti women in the state legislation is a priority, said Kuwait's Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs Massouma Al Mubarak.