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Art education: helping establish a more creative, empowered society - Building the leaders of tomorrow

KUWAIT: Creativity, thinking outside the box, determination and teamwork. Those are basic qualities that any successful arts teaching program seeks to reinforce among students, and help bring out the best in them - both in arts and in their academic classes.Those same qualities are also found in common among statements of a group of sixth grade students when they talked about their unfinished projects in art class. They are building replicas of...

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, centre, is brought down by Swansea City's Leon Britton, left, as Federico Fernandez looks on during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Swansea City at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Rooney's gem gives Van Gaal new year cheer

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, centre, is brought down by Swansea City's Leon Britton, left, as Federico Fernandez looks on during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Swansea City at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016. -AP PhotoMANCHESTER: Wayne Rooney eased the pressure on Louis van Gaal as the Manchester United captain's superb backheeled strike secured a hard-fought 2-1 win...

Indian Army personnel stand alert near the Air Force Base in Pathankot on January 2, 2016 during an ongoing attack on the base by suspected militants. A major operation to secure an Indian air force base attacked by suspected Islamist militants has ended, police said, 14 hours after gunmen wearing army uniforms infiltrated the installation in northern Punjab state. AFP PHOTO/ NARINDER NANU

7 killed in India airbase attack

Indian Army personnel stand alert near the Air Force Base in Pathankot on January 2, 2016 during an ongoing attack on the base by suspected militants. A major operation to secure an Indian air force base attacked by suspected Islamist militants has ended, police said, 14 hours after gunmen wearing army uniforms infiltrated the installation in northern Punjab state. AFP PHOTOPATHANKOT, India: A dramatic assault on an Indian airbase near the...

In this Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015 photo released by the U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman transits the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian naval vessels conducted rocket tests last week near the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, the USS Bulkeley destroyer and a French frigate, the FS Provence, and commercial traffic passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the American military said Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 causing new tension between the two nations after a landmark nuclear deal. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class M. J. Lieberknecht/U.S. Navy via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Iran-US tensions flare over sanctions threat - New sanctions could jeopardize hard-won nuke deal

In this Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015 photo released by the U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman transits the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian naval vessels conducted rocket tests last week near the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, the USS Bulkeley destroyer and a French frigate, the FS Provence, and commercial traffic passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the American military said Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 causing new tension between the...

Police patrol at the main railway station in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016. Police are maintaining a heightened presence following warnings of a planned attack on New Year's Eve. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

Syrian and Iraqi militants plot attack in Germany - Police receive tip with names of suspects

Police patrol at the main railway station in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016. Police are maintaining a heightened presence following warnings of a planned attack on New Year's Eve. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)MUNICH: Germany received a tip hours before midnight that named militants from Iraq and Syria were planning attacks in Munich but police have been unable to find the suspects and are not even sure if they exist or are in the...

In this Dec. 31, 2015 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, front left, gives a military flag to Wei Fenghe, front center, commander of the Rocket Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), and Wang Jiasheng, front right, political commissar of the Rocket Force, in Beijing. China has created three new military bodies as part of reforms to modernize its military - the world's largest standing force - and improve its fighting capacity. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP) NO SALES

China restructures military - Xi eyes 'strong army'

In this Dec. 31, 2015 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, front left, gives a military flag to Wei Fenghe, front center, commander of the Rocket Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), and Wang Jiasheng, front right, political commissar of the Rocket Force, in Beijing. China has created three new military bodies as part of reforms to modernize its military - the world's largest standing force...

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Obama tackles 'unfinished business' of gun violence - Firearm 'epidemic' claims more than 30,000 lives yearly

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2015 file photo, a demonstrator helps hold a large "Come and Take It" banner at a rally in support of open carry gun laws at the Capitol, in Austin, Texas. Texas, the second-most populous state, is joining 44 other states in allowing at least some firearm owners to carry handguns openly in public places. Under the Texas law, guns can be carried by those with licenses and only in holsters. (AP Photo/Eric Gay,...

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Massive blaze engulfs hotel near Burj Khalifa

[video width="224" height="400" mp4="https://kuwaittimes.com/uploads/imported_images/uploads/2015/12/dubai.mp4"][/video]DUBAI: A huge fire ripped through a luxury Dubai hotel yesterday near the world's tallest tower, where people were gathering to watch New Year's Eve celebrations, police said. The Dubai government media office tweeted that a "fire has been reported in the Address Downtown hotel.Authorities are currently on-site to address the...

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Syrian 'paid KD 22,000' to get Kuwait passports for his sons

KUWAIT: Two Syrians, who got Kuwait citizenship after paying KD 11,000 each have been arrested. Security sources said that a Syrian made a deal with a Kuwaiti and his brother to add the suspect's children to the file of the first Kuwaiti suspect in exchange of money in 2007. Sources said the two Kuwaiti suspects gave incorrect information and forged official documents to get two Kuwaiti passports and civil IDs for the two Syrian's sons who became...

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KFSD launches new boats and vehicles

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) held a ceremony to launch Rescue and Fire Extinguishing boats and vehicles yesterday at the Coastguards Department in Salmiya. Director General of KFSD Lieutenant General Yousef Al-Ansari said during the ceremony that the KFSD’s projects are part of the Kuwait’s development plan. “Today we are celebrating the launch of the new fire extinguish boats and vehicles that are part of the batches...

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We are in day one of 2016, and should start assessing what we have and haven't achieved in the past 12 months. Some may say: So what, it is just another year. Yes, this is true, but we can dream on how to make this year probably the best year of our lives. We probably miscalculated or misunderstood some people or issues, so maybe the New Year is just the excuse you need to sort things out. Have a theme for this year and work on it. This is my...

Award winning painting

Kuwaiti wins Dubai award

Award winning paintingKUWAIT: Kuwaiti painter Manal Ahmad Al-Shrayaan has come first in the formative arts category at the Arab level in Dubai Cultural Award the contest ninth session.In remarks to KUNA, the painter said she was elated for winning this renowned award noting that she earned it for her work, "in her 40s," a painting depicting an Arab Gulf woman, whose face features beam optimism, but wrinkles indicate undergoing hard living...

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