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HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Sabah (center) cuts the ceremonial ribbon as Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi (right) looks on during the inauguration of the new Al-Razi Hospital
Premier inaugurates new Al-Razi Hospital - Dr Obaidi says opening marks development strategies
HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Sabah (center) cuts the ceremonial ribbon as Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi (right) looks on during the inauguration of the new Al-Razi HospitalKUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday inaugurated the new Al-Razi Hospital in the specialized health Al- Sabah area. The ceremony was attended by a number of sheikhs, ministers and high ranking state...
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Ministers, officials urged to submit financial disclosures - Panel recommends FATCA approval
KUWAIT: The Cabinet has called on ministers and senior officials of state bodies to submit their financial disclosure reports to the Anti-Corruption Authority as soon as possible. The call was made by the Cabinet during its customary weekly meeting held at Bayan Palace yesterday under chairmanship of HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- Sabah.The Cabinet spoke highly of all steps and measures taken by the authority to fight...
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Stop Moaning
Badrya Darwish Hi guys. I haven’t written for some time. Sorry, but I’m fatigued because I’m not writing. I’m fatigued with the news and that’s why I’m not writing. All that I see around me is killing, corruption, hypocrisy and irresponsibility. And it’s killing me. I’m talking about the whole Middle East, as if people are walking dead. They have no more feelings, no more passion. If you try to talk to them, it’s like talking...
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Kuwait to produce 4m bpd of oil by 2020
KUWAIT: Oil Minister Ali Al-Omair said Kuwait still plans to produce 4 million barrels of oil a day by 2020, even as global crude prices have slumped. Omair made the comments yesterday at an oil and gas conference in Kuwait City. Omair said Kuwait's production now stood at 3 million barrels of oil a day and that any US decision to export crude oil wouldn't have an impact on Kuwait. Meanwhile, CEO of Kuwait Oil Co Nizar Al-Adsani said Kuwait may...
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PAYS blames Kuwait Olympic Committee
KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Youth and Sports (PAYS) held the Kuwait Olympic Committee responsible for not taking part in the 2nd GCC Games due in the Saudi city of Dammam next Thursday.The authority allocated an estimated budget worth about KD 400,292,250 for the Kuwaiti delegations participating in the games, it said in a press statement on Sunday, adding that the sum was transferred to the bank account of the committee by virtue of a...
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Sofosbuvir-based drug very effective for HCV treatment - A breakthrough for hepatitis C patients
KUWAIT: A number of gastroenterologists agreed on Sunday that sofosbuvir substance (commonly known by its brand names Sovaldi, Hepcinat, EHEP, Resof, Hepcvir and SoviHep) helped cure up to 95 percent of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients. Kuwait’s Ministry of Health is keen on providing the world’s latest treatment regimens in order to ensure the highest possible cure rates, said Dr Ahmad Al- Fadhli, chairman of Haya Al-Habeeb...
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Special permits to inspect oil sites
KUWAIT: Abdullah Al-Motoutah, Acting Manpower Authority Director, said that the authority had recently issued special permits for labor department inspectors to enter oil companies' sites to inspect the number of nationals working in companies that have subcontracts with KOC subsidiaries. Al-Motoutah explained that those inspectors used to be denied access to the oil facilities, especially the ones operated by foreign companies and that following...
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Filipinos found with drugs
KUWAIT: Drugs Control General Department arrested a Filipino and his girlfriend in Salmiya. Police found one kilogram of “Shabu” ready for sale in their flat, and they confessed the drugs are theirs. They said that they hoped to make a profit, especially as the price of Shabu rose lately. Both were sent to drugs prosecution.Sister beats mom A Lebanese accused his sister of beating their mother while at her place. A security source said the...
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Nations of morality, but morals are gone
It is for sure that others and I have read Shawqi’s poem hundreds of times, over tens of years, and mostly to brag about remembering it by heart, and iterate it without caring for working according to its content, not as youthful students nor as teachers, and the English saying goes as “Easier said than done”. Morals are not only good behaviors, but also include honesty, good acts, etiquette, politeness and respect of others. All these...
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Turkey PM says IS prime suspect over worst attack
ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu yesterday said the Islamic State (IS) extremist group was the prime suspect in the double suicide bombings in Ankara that killed 97 and sparked anger over the authorities' failure to ensure security.In his first interview since Turkey was scarred on Saturday by its deadliest ever attack, Davutoglu insisted that snap elections would go ahead as planned on November 1 despite the bloodshed.The attack on...
Israeli policemen cover the body of a Palestinian man who was shot by security forces after he carried out a stabbing attack
Jersualem stabbing spreads more fear - Attacker shot dead by other officers
Israeli policemen cover the body of a Palestinian man who was shot by security forces after he carried out a stabbing attackJERUSALEM: A new stabbing in Jerusalem's Old City and a car attack spread more fear among Israelis yesterday as Palestinian unrest showed little sign of ending after nearly two weeks of violence. Frustrated Palestinian youths have defied president Mahmud Abbas as well as an Israeli security crackdown by rioting in annexed...
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