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Disney Cruise Line Unveils New Itineraries for Summer 2017
Jumbo Travel brings you Disneyland Paris’ 25th Anniversary celebrations with a dazzling array of new experiences every day.
Disney Cruise Line Unveils New Itineraries for Summer 2017KUWAIT: Jumbo Travel in coordination with the Disneyland® Paris delegation conducted a road show on the 6th of March, 2017 at The Sheraton Hotel Kuwait for travel agents and media showcasing Disney’s 25th Anniversary celebrations along with the newest portfolio of attractions, shows and products this year.It is almost 25 years since Disneyland Park opened just outside Paris. To...
Kuwaiti baby being treated at GOSH
Requirement to raise awareness of rare disease among children in Kuwait
Lucy JenkinsKUWAIT: As Rare Disease Day approaches, Lucy Jenkins Director of the Regional Genetics Laboratories and Head of Service for Molecular Genetics based at GOSH reports that "taken collectively, 'rare' diseases are, in fact, quite prevalent. With over 6,000 rare diseases, one in 17 people will be affected in their lifetime. Rare diseases can also affect children, and very sadly, 30 percent of patients with rare diseases will die before...
Inmates work in the making of clothes at the Cecilia Orillac de Chiari Women's Rehabilitation Centre in Panama City. — AFP photos
A stitch in time: fashioning a life behind bars in Panama
Inmates work in the making of clothes at the Cecilia Orillac de Chiari Women's Rehabilitation Centre in Panama City. — AFP photosIn a small room in a prison on the outskirts of Panama City, Kathia Thomas carefully presses the screen on a digital sewing machine to choose the colors and embroidery on her next item of clothing. Surrounded by other women, and by threads, patterns and a few religious images, Thomas, a 43-year-old mother of five...
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Egyptian Court orders one-year imprisonment and record fine for television content theft
An Egyptian court ordered a record fine of EP 100,000 and one-year imprisonment for a man found guilty of illegally distributing and selling stolen entertainment content without holding the required licences and without permission of the owners.  The Economic Court of Alexandria found the defendant guilty of two charges of setting up an illegal broadcast network as well as breaking intellectual property laws.The court found that the defendant...
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Acid victims redefine beauty in Bangladesh fashion show
In this photo, Bangladeshi acid attack survivors walk down the catwalk during the event Beauty Redefined in Dhaka, Bangladesh. — AP photosTeen model Shonali Khatun strutted the catwalk as the audience cheered at a fashion show in Bangladesh's capital. But Shonali is no ordinary model, and this was no ordinary show. She and the 14 other models are survivors of acid attacks, common in this South Asian country, where spurned lovers or disgruntled...
Iranian motorbike champion Behnaz Shafiei rides her motorcycle during a training session in Parand, southwest of Tehran. — AFP photos
Iranian biker blazes trail for women
Iranian motorbike champion Behnaz Shafiei rides her motorcycle during a training session in Parand, southwest of Tehran. — AFP photosBehnaz Shafiei, Iran's path-breaking female motorbike champion, lands a spectacular 15-metre jump on a track near Tehran-all the more astonishing given that this would have been illegal a year ago.  At 27, Shafiei has become a symbol of the shifting social norms for women in Iran, realizing her dream of becoming...
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Collision course
LONDON: Bayern Munich's Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal (R) heads the ball goalward past Arsenal's Spanish defender Hector Bellerin during the UEFA Champions League last 16 second leg football match between Arsenal and Bayern Munich at The Emirates Stadium in London yesterday. -- AFP
Bayern Munich humiliate Arsenal to reach q-finals
LONDON: Bayern Munich's Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal (R) heads the ball goalward past Arsenal's Spanish defender Hector Bellerin during the UEFA Champions League last 16 second leg football match between Arsenal and Bayern Munich at The Emirates Stadium in London yesterday. -- AFPLONDON: Bayern Munich condemned Arsene Wenger to more humiliation as 10-man Arsenal were eliminated from the Champions League with a crushing 5-1 defeat amid furious...
NAPLES: Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina, right, punches the ball away during the Champions League round of 16, second leg, soccer match between Napoli and Real Madrid at the San Paolo stadium in Naples, Italy, yesterday. – AP
Real's Ramos, Morata crush Napoli hopes
NAPLES: Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina, right, punches the ball away during the Champions League round of 16, second leg, soccer match between Napoli and Real Madrid at the San Paolo stadium in Naples, Italy, yesterday. – APNAPLES: Captain Sergio Ramos and Alvaro Morata struck one apiece as 11-time winners Real Madrid secured a seventh successive Champions League quarter-final berth with a clinical 3-1 win over Napoli yesterday. Real, who took a...
KUWAIT: Opposition MPs (from left) Riyadh Al-Adasani, Abdulkareem Al-Kandari, Al-Humaidi Al-Subaei and Waleed Al-Tabtabaei pray during a session at the National Assembly yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Debate over nationality law delayed; Amir urges caution
MPs form panel to probe health violations KUWAIT: Opposition MPs (from left) Riyadh Al-Adasani, Abdulkareem Al-Kandari, Al-Humaidi Al-Subaei and Waleed Al-Tabtabaei pray during a session at the National Assembly yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The government and its supporters yesterday defeated a request by opposition MPs to urgently debate proposed amendments to the 1959 nationality law to prevent revocation of citizenships...
Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih
Thousands of social aid files suspended for lack of updates
Minister of social affairs and labor. Hind Al-SabeehKUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh stressed that reforming the social aid process would not stop, and that thousands of recipients' files have been suspended for not updating their information, while 1,200 other citizens have been notified to update their files but had not responded so far. Speaking at an open discussion hosted at former...
KUWAIT: In this file photo, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (center) poses with Dr Maasouma Al-Mubarak (second from left), Dr Salwa Al-Jassar (far left), Dr Aseel Al-Awadhi (second from right), and Dr Rola Dashti (fa
Kuwait celebrates Women's political achievements
KUWAIT: In this file photo, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (center) poses with Dr Maasouma Al-Mubarak (second from left), Dr Salwa Al-Jassar (far left), Dr Aseel Al-Awadhi (second from right), and Dr Rola Dashti (faKUWAIT: The State of Kuwait marks the International Women's Day today by highlighting local women's long road to attain their legislative and political rights. Kuwaiti women's road to recognition was not...
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Summer enters its final stages
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
Guards get new arms as Iran vows to punish Zionists
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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP
Brazil plane crash kills 62
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Kuwait residents try to ward off the heat
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Price of image over true value