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Arabic vs English: Mother tongue threatened by language globalization

Hayat Al-YaqoutKUWAIT: A rapid wave of change is necrotizing the Arabic language, as its rich and beautiful vocabulary is under the threat of the influence of English. Although there are no statistics about the number of people who have abandoned their mother tongue, there certainly is a global trend towards the adoption of English in everyday conversations, education and business. This abandonment of the mother language in favor of English is...

MP Kamel Al-Awadhi

MP Awadhi condemns Paris attack: terrorism is blind

MP Kamel Al-AwadhiKUWAIT: Chairman of the parliament’s foreign affairs committee MP Kamel Al-Awadhi condemned the terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of 150 and injured around 200 others in France. Awadhi stressed that terrorism is blind and that it strikes many places worldwide regardless of religion, doctrine or state. He also stressed that nobody could claim that terrorism originates from certain countries, adding that Arab countries...

French Ambassador Christian Nakhle and Hessa Al- Humadhie stand for a moment of silence in support of the families of the victims of the Paris attack.

Nuqat conference audience pays respect to Paris attacks’ victims

French Ambassador Christian Nakhle and Hessa Al- Humadhie stand for a moment of silence in support of the families of the victims of the Paris attack.KUWAIT: French Ambassador Christian Nakhle yesterday thanked everyone for the condolence messages he received after the terrorist attacks in Paris late Friday. He was speaking during the third day of the Nuqat conference "Copy & Paste" at the Americani Centre of Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyah (DAI)....

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Authority urges settling sports disputes internally

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Sports (PAS) called on national sports authorities to resort to the judicial authority or the circuit tasked of disputes in the sector for tackling differences. PAS said in a statement yesterday that the State rules do not bar referral to the judicial authorities, or the Olympic committee, the sports unions or the cup tribunal.The dispute cases should be referred to the competent authorities at the national level,...

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Over 7,200 illegal residents adjusted their status: Agency

KUWAIT: Since 2011 and until October 2015, some 7,243 illegal residents have adjusted their status in Kuwait, the Central Agency for Remedying of the Illegal Residents’ Status said yesterday.The illegal residents have adjusted their status, reverting back to their Saudi, Iraqi, Iranian, Jordanian, and other nationalities, Head of the status adjustment department of the apparatus Colonel Mohammad Al-Wohaib said. He called on illegal residents,...

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Companies request workers’ recruitment insurance waiver

KUWAIT: The Manpower Public Authority mulls canceling the KD 250 financial security deposit that employers executing government projects have to make for each worker brought from abroad, said informed sources. Many major companies had requested removing the insurance imposed last April on grounds that the fee accumulates in view of the number of laborers each company brings, the sources said, adding that the companies believe that these funds...

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War in the heart of Paris

French newspapers described Paris attacks as a 'War in the heart of Paris' with black mastheads. The Paris attacks are indeed an act of radical terrorism. It is an insult to humanity, and an incident that should unite the world to combat terror regardless of its location, source and power. A state of emergency has been declared across France after attacks on restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium on Friday in Paris killed at least...

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Woman arrested on KD 54,000 debt

KUWAIT: A woman who had been wanted for 16 cases involving up to KD 54,000 in financial claims was arrested in Fahaheel, said security sources. Case papers indicate that a police patrol suspected the woman's vehicle and on stopping and checking her personal information, she was found wanted.KD 100,000 robberyA man was arrested for robbing a another in Sharq and stealing KD 100,000 from him, said security sources, noting that the suspect's other...

PARIS: Dried blood can be seen on the window of the Carillon cafe in Paris yesterday, a day after over 120 people were killed in a series of shooting and explosions. — AP

Apocalyptic scenes as terrorists hit Paris

PARIS: Dried blood can be seen on the window of the Carillon cafe in Paris yesterday, a day after over 120 people were killed in a series of shooting and explosions. — APPARIS: Sirens blaring, blood on the roads, weeping relatives: nightmare scenes played out on the streets of Paris on Friday night as at least 120 people were killed in simultaneous attacks. Pierre Montfort lives close to a Cambodian restaurant on Rue Bichat, where one of seven...

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Search for 'Jihadi John' took months

WASHINGTON: The US-British missile strike believed to have killed "Jihadi John" came together at lightning speed, but was months in preparation. Shortly before midnight Thursday, two US MQ-9 Reaper drones and one British MQ-9 cruised above Raqqa, the Syrian heart of the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate that stretches deep into Iraq, US officials said. The aircraft's controllers monitored two people who had entered a parked car.One, they...

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Muslim woman donates $1 for every hate Tweet

SYDNEY: An Australian Muslim woman has donated close to Aus$1,000 (US$700) to charity after pledging to give one dollar every time she receives a hate-filled Tweet. Susan Carland, who teaches at Monash University in Melbourne, tweeted on October 22 that she was donating to UNICEF for every nasty comment from trolls. “Nearly at $1,000 in donations. The needy children thank you, haters!,” she said at the time.Carland said she had previously...

WEST BANK: Palestinians look at the rubble of the house of Palestinian Yahya Hamad, a member of a group accused of killing an Israeli settler couple in the Itmar settlement after it was destroyed by Israel yesterday. —AFP

Israel razes homes of 4 Palestinian 'attackers' - Deterrent or collective punishment?

WEST BANK: Palestinians look at the rubble of the house of Palestinian Yahya Hamad, a member of a group accused of killing an Israeli settler couple in the Itmar settlement after it was destroyed by Israel yesterday. —AFPNABLUS: Israeli troops razed the West Bank homes of four Palestinians accused of attacking Israelis yesterday, pressing a controversial policy of punitive demolitions after weeks of deadly unrest. The demolitions came hours...

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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Mashaan chairs a meeting on Thursday to review the latest developments in the implementation of the new airport project (T2). -- KUNA phots

Al-Mashaan: Stick to timeline for Kuwait’s airport terminal project

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KUWAIT: Vehicles move at snail pace on a rainy evening in downtown Kuwait. --KUNA

Kuwait received varying amounts of rainfall: Official

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AMMAN: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Jordan Hamad Al-Marri hands over Kuwait’s annual donation to the UNRWA worth $2 million.

Kuwait hands over $2m as donation to UNRWA

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