This is very interesting, KUNA [Kuwait News Agency] offers a service where you can download news via FTP from their site. Now why on earth would you do that?! XML anyone?
I have worked with Reuters on news service and they have amazing XML feed-service for all sort of news from around the Globe, ofcourse for [...]

The newspaper headlines in Kuwait amazes me everyday! This time its Daily Star Kuwait online edition. The headline is ‘State bans sale of White Weapons’ read it here [LINK]
WTF are white weapons? According to the news article they are Daggers, Swords and other sharp metal objects. Damn now I cant buy kitchen knives no more [...]

 
Just subscribed to Daily Star Kuwait & International Herald Tribune. The paper will get delivered from tomorrow. Lets see how prompt/punctual the delivery service is [fingers crossed]. The concern regarding delivery was raised by some visitors to ChillNite in an earlier post. After that I wrote to the management of Daily Star Kuwait to give [...]

[from Kuwait Times May 24, 2007]
This cartoon is on their website at this LINK
I felt a bit uncomfortable looking at it due to the graphic nature of it, and also bit dumb portrait of the crying dove. What do you think?

As you might remember from my earlier post that I have been hunting for English newspaper subscription after the fallout with Arab Times over renewal pricing. Well finally got hold of some info on subscription costs for other newspapers:

Daily Star Kuwait + International Herald Tribune – KD20 annually [individuals-home delivery] – No paper on [...]

My Arab Times subscription is over, and the guys from Arab Times called in to collect subscription fee for the next year, which is KD 45. Well I started my subscription with KD 35 offer and that rate isnt applicable for renewals. So my options are:
1. Wait for rates to go down to KD 35
2. [...]

Click here to see a full series of this Pulitzer winning feature [LINK]

But except for Yemen and Saudi Arabia (161st),
all the Arab peninsula countries considerably improved their rank.
Kuwait (73rd) kept its place at the top of the group, just ahead of the
United Arab Emirates (77th) and Qatar (80th).
According to Reporter Without Borders Kuwait is considered a leading nation as far as freedom of press is concerned in [...]

This appeared in Arab Times – Kuwait on April 8th 2007. Another one of those ads where one is left to wonder if advertisers are for real, and also if the media outlets publishing them are for real too! I think I know couple of people who fit the bill for this ad.
Click Here [LINK] [...]

[pic from World Press Photo site]

Young Lebanese drive through devastated neighborhood of South Beirut, 15 August .

Is this the reality of Lebanon society? Absolutely no comments. More Photos [LINK]

Kuwait Times

[click for larger pic]
They used to be okish but seems now they have forgotten the essence of news publishing when it comes down to online version. News articles dating back nearly a year appear as HOT NEWS ! [see pic] Also updates are very poor. Design is a bit better than previous version. General [...]

Time magazine has gone to the extent of adding a mirror on its cover for the Person of the Year 2006 issue. Well can’t wait to grab hold of one. But till then here is the ChillNite version..

Apparently an Internet TV site Ehrensenf got hold of the article on Real Transformers and posted in their reviews. The traffic spiked and the best part was I am on vacation and found out about this after the traffic storm came and passed over
Here are the links to the TV Spot
Ehrenserf TV Article
Speigel [...]

Rated [rate 5]

I love my daily Arab Times subscription newspaper. Having read other English dailies in Kuwait, I always found Arab Times to be a better source of news with more newspaper content like I was used too in other countries. Their service has been prompt at 5:30am every morning, and newspaper has lot more [...]