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(From left) Photo shows screenwriter Razi Al-Shati, director Ramadan Khasro (center) and Fatima Al-Husseinan posing at the third GCC Film Festival. and (From left) Photo show directors Ramadan Khasro and Ahmad Al-Khalaf posing at the third GCC Film Festival. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
‘Habeeb Al-Ardh’ : A winner at the third GCC Film Festival
Photo shows Sheikha Intisar Salem Al-Ali Al- Sabah at the third GCC Film Festival.Sheikha Intisar Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah said she is proud for the only Kuwaiti film participating in the Alexandria Film Festival winning the best actor prize. Sheikha Intisar who chairs the Pearl House Art Production Company (Lulua Publishing ) said that 'Habeeb Al-Ardh, Fayeq Abdeljalil' film put Kuwait's name in prominence in the world cinema, adding that this win...
Actors Cynthia Addai-Robinson, from left, Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘The Accountant’ in London. — AP
‘The Accountant’ easily tops North American box office
Actors Cynthia Addai-Robinson, from left, Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘The Accountant’ in London. — APFinancial thriller "The Accountant" booked $24.7 million in ticket receipts on its opening weekend to score number one at the North American box office, industry data showed on Monday. The Warner Bros film centers on an autistic mathematics savant who capitalizes on his...
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The life and death of the American erotic thriller
.Three decades ago "Fatal Attraction" heralded the age of the erotic thriller-crime potboilers featuring leading men swapping suggestive dialogue and bodily fluids with bewitching but murderous femme fatales. Movies like "Basic Instinct" and "Sliver" enjoyed acclaim and big box office receipts during the 1990s, but within a few years the genre had died out, usurped by a new wave of smarter thrillers that swapped female flesh for sophisticated...
In this July 5, 1960, file photo, Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, right, plays the saxophone during a jam session with legendary jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman, left, drummer Gene Krupa, second left, and trombonist Urbie Green in New York. — AP photos
Thailand's late king also artist, jazz musician, inventor
In this July 5, 1960, file photo, Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, right, plays the saxophone during a jam session with legendary jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman, left, drummer Gene Krupa, second left, and trombonist Urbie Green in New York. — AP photosAside from his kingly duties - and they were immense - Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej took time during his 70-year reign to compose music (and jam with some of the world's jazz...
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Kuwait’s Snap Polls 2016: What you need to know
Kuwait operates under a unicameral legal system with an executive and legislative branch. The legislature, the Majlis Al-Ommah (National Assembly) was established in 1962 and has 50 directly elected officials from five constituencies in Kuwait.Each constituency elects 10 officials in a one man = one vote system with the 10 candidates who receive the most votes winning the seats. If two candidates receive an equal number of valid votes, the...
KUWAIT: The opening of every new parliamentary session is an event that is eagerly awaited by citizens because they are building big hopes and aspirations on the parliament. The previous parliamentary sessions have constituted a unique political event embodying the Kuwaiti democratic experience under the dome of the parliament. — KUNA
Election fever grips Kuwait as snap elections set for Nov 26
'Political groups, tribes to name candidates soon'KUWAIT: Snap National Assembly elections will be held on Nov 26, according to a decision by the Cabinet yesterday, a day after HH the Amir dissolved the Assembly over a row over the hike in petrol prices. The Cabinet's decision will be issued in an Amiri decree and published in the official gazette Kuwait Al-Youm to signal the start of the 40-day election campaign to elect 50 new members to the...
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Court to look into DNA law Dec 21
KUWAIT: The Constitutional Court yesterday set Dec 21 as the date to look into constitutional challenges to the DNA law. On June 13, the court received challenges to the law from citizens questioning the constitutionality of the bill.On July 1, 2015, the National Assembly passed the 13-article law making DNA testing mandatory for all people in Kuwait, with the aim of establishing a comprehensive database to be used to identify criminals and...
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KD 40,000 guarantee for individuals to license domestic helpers’ office
Brigadier Adel Al-HashashKUWAIT: Brigadier Adel Al-Hashash, General Director of the relations and security media Department at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced new licenses for domestic labor recruitment offices and companies are being issued. Hashash said the conditions to get the new licenses are available at MoI's website and include the following: Applicants must be Kuwaitis with good reputation, have not been previously sentenced...
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Kuwait to recruit 400 Palestinian teachers
KUWAIT: Palestinian Ambassador to Kuwait Rami Tahboub said Education Minister Bader Al-Essa will visit Ramallah in November to sign an agreement to recruit 400 Palestinian teachers in various specialties. Speaking during a dinner banquet held to the honor PalSat Chairman Ahmed Assaf and his accompanying delegation, Tahboub said that the agreement was ready and only needs to be signed, but the visit was postponed because of Essa's tight...
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Oil sector halts appointments - Fertilizer plants closed
KUWAIT: Oil companies received verbal orders to stop appointments, promotions and transfers until further notice. This is a standard protocol followed whenever the parliament is dissolved or the cabinet resigns to insure that no violations are committed and maintain transparency and impartiality, sources said. Current vacant posts are not expected to be filled until a new parliament is elected, the sources added. —Al-RaiFertilizer plants...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. —KUNA
Cabinet approves early election decree - Ministers deplore Egypt attack
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: The cabinet yesterday approved a draft decree that sets November 26 for parliamentary elections, and referred it to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. During the weekly meeting at Bayan Palace, chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the...
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