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Despite the advantages of Bluetooth technology in communication services lawmakers are gearing up to punish its abuse as a rise in extortion and blackmail offences is threatening to split Kuwaiti society.

The major challenges facing Kuwait's Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are universal primary education, ensuring environmental stability and most of all the elimination of gender disparity and the empowerment of women, according to the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kuwait.

Richard Lebaron, the new US ambassador to Kuwait, arrived here Tuesday evening despite objections raised by an Islamist group in April because he had served in Israel.

Kuwait's Minister of Electricity and Water Shaikh Ahmad Fahad Al Sabah said yesterday that the country would raise its current oil production by 200,000 barrels a day over the 2.5 million barrels bpd it currently produces to cool soaring oil prices.

Frattini's trip came as an Islamist website published an ultimatum demanding the withdrawal of Italian troops in 24 hours.

Economists say that the government is creating masked employment for the indigenous population and therefore weakening the competitiveness of the Kuwaiti labour force in the private sector.

The resignation of the Minister of Justice Ahmad Baquer and the scathing attack of the government by the Salaf Islamic Alliance that followed are leading to a rift within the group, sources close to the Islamist movement have said.

The future of young Kuwaiti women could be brighter if the men in their lives abandoned their traditional perceptions and regarded women as equal partners, says Nabila Al Anjari, Assistant Undersecretary for Tourism in the Ministry of Information.

Speculation about an imminent cabinet reshuffle is rife following unconfirmed reports that Minister of Justice Ahmad Baquer has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad.

Kuwait City A recent decision by Kuwait's Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour to close the files on 'bogus companies' who have been selling residence permits has resulted in tens of expatriate workers and their families being stranded at various entry points.

Two Kuwaiti Islamist members of Parliament have announced their intention to question the Deputy Premier and Minister of State for Cabinet and Parliament Affairs over the alleged illegal distribution of land and other unspecified administrative and financial irregularities.

In its first transsexual case the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals has listened to arguments over why Kuwaiti national Ahmad should or shouldn't be allowed to change his legal status and henceforth be called Amal.