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Fake products busted during a crackdown on private health clubs, spas and beauty salons yesterday.

500,000 guidebooks for expatriates

KUWAIT: The Central Tenders Committee (CTC) is currently preparing to offer a new project for bidding - printing 500,000 copies of a guidebook for expatriate workers to be translated into several languages, namely those used most in Kuwait, well-informed sources at the Manpower Public Authority said. The sources added that the booklet would provide guidelines about workers' rights and duties while in Kuwait, in addition to manpower laws and...

An old Kuwaiti house.

Al-Othman House reflects Kuwait's Heritage, culture

An old Kuwaiti house.KUWAIT: From an old house of Al-Othman family in Hawalli area, into a cultural and humanitarian valuable edifice, Beit Al-Othman (Al-Othman House) emerges as a fruit of relentless efforts carried out by Kuwait's Heritage Team, National Council for Culture Arts and Letters (NCCAL) and Kuwait Voluntary Work Center (KVWC).This house has been transformed into a remarkable museum showcasing the history of Kuwait and the identity...

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Lawmaker inquires about selling state-owned firms

KUWAIT: MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji yesterday filed an inquiry with Deputy Prime Minister Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh concerning the investment authority's response to the ministry's letter about regulations on selling state-owned companies. In his inquiry, Turaiji asked about the person responsible for leaking the new rules to the local press, the actual owner of the concerned companies and the ministry's attitude after the authority rejected its...

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Kuwait's inflation rate up 3.13% in November: Report

KUWAIT: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) for the month of November, 2015 showed an increase estimated at 3.13 percent compared with November of 2014, the Central Statistical Bureau said in its report yesterday.The report gives indications of the rates of changes in prices for the commodity groups influencing the families' expenditure and the ability of consumer spending. The index uses the year 2007 as the base year.The index figure during the...

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I could not think of a better word to describe Sharm El-Sheikh. Sharm El-Sheikh is an Egyptian tourist city located at the confluence of the Gulf of Aqaba and Suez on the Red Sea coast. It is the largest city in South Sinai. The city has several spectacular touristic resorts, natural resources and has great economic and political importance. I visited this magnificent city recently as part of an official Kuwaiti media delegation headed by the...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Yemen Abdul-Malik Abdul Jalil Al-Mekhlafi. — KUNA

Crown Prince receives senior Yemeni official

KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Yemen Abdul-Malik Abdul Jalil Al-Mekhlafi. — KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace yesterday Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Yemen, Abdul-Malik Abdul Jalil Al-Mekhlafi and his accompanying delegation on...

Material suspected to be drugs found in sea yesterday.

Drug smuggling by sea attempt foiled

Material suspected to be drugs found in sea yesterday.KUWAIT: The Sea Borders Security Department found 56 items suspected of being drugs, following a tip from an undercover source about an attempt to smuggle drugs by sea. A bag was found, and when opened, well-sealed cases containing the material were found. The material was sent to concerned authorities for testing. Interior Ministry Undersecretary for Sea Borders Security Affairs Major...

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Hit-and-run suspect turns himself in

KUWAIT: A 28-year-old citizen turned himself in to Naseem police, confessing to running over a 7-year-old boy in the same area last week, which led to his death. The man admitted that the accident happened due to reckless driving on his part. The man was handed to detectives. The incident took place last week, when the suspect was driving recklessly before running over the child and killing him.Car mechanic attackedA car mechanic was beaten by...

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The night of Jleeb state cleansing

A major security campaign in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh resulted in the arrest of 3,338 violators: 1,248 without IDs, 305 residency violators, 135 wanted debtors, 63 on arrest orders, 123 prostitutes, 299 absconders, 16 for drugs offenses, 480 with expired residency, 23 wanted on felony and misdemeanor cases, 472 over detained affairs and deportation of 163 labor law violators. Five local liquor factories were busted and 38 shops were sealed for operating...

CESME: A group of refugees, led by Turkish police, are escorted to buses in place of sailing to the Greek island of Chios via raft, at a beach in the western Turkish coastal town of Cesme, in Izmir province, yesterday.—AFP

Czech president calls migrant wave an 'organized invasion'

PRAGUE: Czech President Milos Zeman on Saturday called the current wave of refugees to Europe "an organized invasion", adding young men from Syria and Iraq should instead "take up arms" against the Islamic State (IS) group. "I am profoundly convinced that we are facing an organized invasion and not a spontaneous movement of refugees," said Zeman in his Christmas message to the Czech Republic released Saturday.He went on to say that compassion was...

RAMADI: An Iraqi pro-government forces’ member watches smoke billowing in Ramadi’s Hoz neighborhood during military operations conducted by Iraqi forces against the Islamic State (IS) group yesterday. — AFP

Iraq declares victory over IS in Ramadi

RAMADI: An Iraqi pro-government forces’ member watches smoke billowing in Ramadi’s Hoz neighborhood during military operations conducted by Iraqi forces against the Islamic State (IS) group yesterday. — AFPBAGHDAD: Iraq's army said yesterday it had defeated Islamic State fighters in a provincial capital west of Baghdad, the first major victory for the US-trained force since it collapsed in the face of an assault by the militants 18 months...

BARMER, India: In this photograph taken on Dec 11, 2015, a worker cycles by machinery at a Cairn India oil and gas exploration plant in Rajasthan. — AFP

India pumps desert oil, seeks energy security

BARMER, India: In this photograph taken on Dec 11, 2015, a worker cycles by machinery at a Cairn India oil and gas exploration plant in Rajasthan. — AFPBARMER, India: The deserts of Rajasthan may be the showcase for India's solar revolution but the oil explorer that struck gold beneath the same sands insists the country needs to pump out more fossil fuels to wean itself off imports. Ahead of this month's climate negotiations in Paris, India...

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