Saudi authorities have found high amounts of melamine in one of the batches of Nesvita [Nestle milk powder]. Melamine is considered very dangerous chemical composition not suitable for consumption. Shoppers should be vary of this.
They
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His Highness the Amir of Kuwait has accepted the resignation of the Kuwait government. Various blogs/forums and media outlets are reporting. H.H. the Amir of Kuwait has appointed former prime minister his nephew H.E. Sheikh
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Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior is planning to hike the fee for visit visas in Kuwait. As per the proposal, the fee for visit visa might hit KD 15 from the current KD 3. The impact
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Seems the economic pressure is on for the big 3 of US auto-industry GM, Chrysler and Ford. Talks are rampant of imminent bankruptcy. Wonder where that would lead to in the Kuwait auto-market? There is
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With recent unprecedented move in Kuwait of closing the stock exchange for one week following the huge losses investors were making due to economic downturn, the picture is getting gloomier in the Persian Gulf.
Persian Gulf
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Somewhere a wake-up call has been answered, as MOC is planning to slash the Interenational calling rates by upto 50%. The call rates to Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are being cut by
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Kuwait’s National Assembly is about to get an extension and possibly a facelift. New banners have popped up in the vicinity of the National Assembly building indicating imminent construction. Seems they are adding more offices.

[DEM] Barrack Obama has won the historic US Presidential elections, beating [REP] John McCain. Finally we can hope for positive changes in the World affairs after nearly a decade of war-mongering, economic disasters and climate
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Getting SMS’s and calls about Gulf Bank position. This came after Gulf Bank share trading was halted today at KSE…as per the rumors:

Gulf Bank ATM machines are down

Police in place for any emergency

Gulf Bank has
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Read this news article in Arab Times about a drug peddler caught with 10 kilos of cocaine. The stash has been priced at KD 1,500! Well as per US Government controlled substance
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Traffic department has finally figured out that the existing traffic cameras are no good. As per the GTD [general traffic department], the cameras in use now are flawed and will be replaced by radar based
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Amazing inside story of how Bush and his men lead the World to Iraq War over WMD and the aftermath. US political machine at its real game. This documentary has been prepared by PBS and
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So whats the boiling issue in Lebanon now?
Saudis have issued immediate exit instructions to its citizens, seems Bahrain has also issued similar warnings. Although Kuwaiti citizens in Lebanon are on the edge, the ambassador of
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Earlier this month MPs backed a recommendation by parliament’s financial and economic affairs committee to subsidize food and other basic goods for nationals and exclude foreign workers from receiving any financial help to cope with
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