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Two candidates officially contest election results

No work transaction suspension for inventory this yearKUWAIT: Two recent election candidates - Mubarak Al-Waalan and Farraj Al-Arbeed - yesterday filed complaints at the constitutional court contesting the election results in the fourth constituency. Meanwhile, Deputy chairman of the cooperative sector employees syndicate Jamal Al-Fadhli urged lawmakers who signed the cooperation covenant to respect and not ignore it as it represents national...

KUWAIT: A scene from the GCC drug registration meeting. — KUNA

MoH issues 12 licenses for drug factories

KUWAIT: A scene from the GCC drug registration meeting. — KUNAKUWAIT: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has granted 12 companies medical permits to build pharmaceutical factories in collaboration with the Public Authority for Industry (PAI), a health official said yesterday.Speaking on the sidelines of a GCC drug registration meeting, Assistant Undersecretary of Pharmaceutical and Medical Necessities Affairs Dr Amr Al-Sayid Amr said that the 12...

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Starting a business in Kuwait

Starting a business can be one of the most rewarding things in life, especially social entrepreneurships, where you create a community that implements solutions for social, cultural and/or environmental issues. In Kuwait, we are blessed to have a multicultural and diverse community of talented individuals, and we see new business ideas and entrepreneurs becoming successful in Kuwait all the time. Yet there is still this idea that starting a...

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Julai'a party busted

KUWAIT: Police arrested an Armenian man for arranging a party in Julaia. The man sold tickets for KD 10 per person, and specified that only couples were allowed. Detectives learned about the plan and as soon as the guests started arriving, vice detectives moved in and arrested 43 people which included 20 women of various nationalities. Ten bottles of imported liquor were also found at the camp.Absconders arrestedKheitan police launched a campaign...

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Cross dresser arrested in Salmiya

KUWAIT: A cross dresser was referred to criminal detectives after being arrested in Salmiya. Police stopped him thinking he was a girl, while leaving the car he said, "You are driving us crazy, let us breath". The man was taken to the proper authorities to face charges.ATM malfunctionA citizen lodged a complaint with Hawally police about an ATM machine which did not dispense the KD 400 he wanted to withdraw, later he received an SMS that the...

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A well deserved slap by the youth

We can describe the 2016 parliamentary election results as a 'well-deserved slap' to the 2013 parliament, as the polling boxes brought a tsunami of change by bringing 34 new lawmakers as an absolute majority in this parliament. My constant criticism of the previous parliament was not personal as I repeatedly stressed that the people were furious by the parliament's performance and its silly plays which cost the legislative power its value,...

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Love is just Respect

There is no love, no friendship or a relation without respect. Opinions may differ, and it is possible to agree on what love is and what its causes are, but all can unanimously agree that love is all about respect. Love that is born between two persons without having respect as its foundation does not have anything to do with emotions and kindness. It is so beautiful for the human being to have a heart that loves him and an eye that respects...

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Qatar site cuts output

DUBAI: Qatar's most popular English-language news website said yesterday it will scale back operations after authorities blocked it in what managers have described as a "clear act of censorship". Doha News, which published several sensitive articles earlier this year, has been blocked since Wednesday in a move condemned by Amnesty International as "alarming". Qatari authorities are already facing international scrutiny after controversially...

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Fake US embassy shut down, issued visas for a decade

ACCRA: Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake US embassy in the capital Accra run by a criminal network that for a decade issued illegally obtained authentic visas, the US State Department said. Until it was shut down this summer, the sham embassy was housed in a run-down, pink two-storey building with a corrugated iron roof and flew a US flag outside. Inside hung a portrait of President Barack Obama."It was not operated by the United States...

CHENNAI: All India Anna Dravida Mennetra Kazhagam party members yesterday pray in front of a hospital where Chief Minister of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu Jayaram Jayalalithaa is being treated. - AFP

Popular head of south India state suffers cardiac arrest

CHENNAI: All India Anna Dravida Mennetra Kazhagam party members yesterday pray in front of a hospital where Chief Minister of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu Jayaram Jayalalithaa is being treated. - AFPNEW DELHI: The ailing chief minister of southern India's Tamil Nadu state, Jayalalithaa Jayaram, yesterday suffered a cardiac arrest only days after she handed many of her responsibilities to a deputy because of illness. "CM (Jayaram), who is...

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No more room for Aleppo's dead

ALEPPO: Syrian army soldiers come back from the front line in Karam Al-Tarab. —APDead left on the street, buried in backyards, morgues overwhelmedBEIRUT: The old Aleppo cemetery filled up a year ago. The new one filled up last week. Now the dead are left in the besieged enclave's streets, buried in backyards and overwhelming the morgues.Medical officials secured yet another plot for the dead. But they say they have no way to dig graves with...

LAVAL: (From left to right) Fahed, Jouli, Sparta and Adeeb Fattouh speak while watching television in their apartment. — AFP

'I have 25 years' experience but I can't work'

In Canada, Syrian refugees cope with day-to-day life LAVAL: (From left to right) Fahed, Jouli, Sparta and Adeeb Fattouh speak while watching television in their apartment. — AFPLAVAL: Welcomed with open arms -- some even received coats from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau himself-the Syrian refugees who arrived in Canada a year ago are now facing their share of difficulties. Among them, 50-year-old Fahed Fattouh came with his wife and their two...

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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA

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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP

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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP

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ALDERSHOT: Protesters hold placards during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists near a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on August 4, 2024. — AFP

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Senior military officers discuss security issues