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A Kuwait criminal court is set to issue a verdict in the so-called 'Peninsula Lions Organisation' case involving 37 Islamists on December 27.

The Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling and sentenced Nasser Najar Al Mutairi, a Kuwaiti, to five years in jail.

The man has been convicted of trying to smuggle 50kg of heroin, the largest amount ever attempted to be smuggled into the country for trafficking.

Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah is strongly expected to become the new crown prince in case Crown Prince Shaikh Sa'ad Al Abdullah Al Salem Al Sabah relinquishes his position, analysts said.

Five out of 11 Kuwaiti detainees at the US Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are going to be conditionally released in nearly three weeks, a human rights activist said.

Arab parliamentarians have stressed the need for the media to publicise parliamentary debates and discussions.

"The time has come when Kuwaiti women are required to formulate a vision before the 2007 elections," said Kuwait's Minister of Planning and Administrative Affairs Dr Masouma Al Mubarak.

Kuwaiti inventor Ahmad Abdul Aziz Al Hashash disclosed that he plans to invent a vehicle to aid the handicapped.

This came on the heels of a statement by Barrad in which he said the singer has become famous by "shaking her bottom", it was reported here.

The public prosecutor yesterday demanded the highest penalty for 37 suspected militants accused of involvement in bloody clashes with police in January.

Five out of 11 Kuwaiti detainees at the US Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are going to be conditionally released soon, a human rights activist said.

The problem of the people with no legal documents in Kuwait has surfaced once again.