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Kuwait stories: 25 news summaries

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Missing Picasso Found in Iraq?! Probably Not.

The Naked Woman likely not missing, nor
a Picasso, say experts

Aug 27, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi security forces have secured a purported Pablo Picasso painting believed stolen from a Kuwaiti museum during the 1990 invasion, the Times of London reports. Only it’s probably not a Picasso. “It bears absolutely no relation to any Picasso that I can think of,” says one... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • art museum • war • Kuwait • The Louvre • Pablo Picasso • art heist • forgery • invasion

(Newser) - The fire that engulfed a wedding tent in Kuwait and killed 43 women and children in less than 3 minutes was set by the groom's ex-wife, local media reported today. A government spokesman confirmed that the arsonist has confessed, according to the AP, but offered no further details. The incident... More »

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Middle East • wedding • arson • Kuwait • fire

 41 Women, Kids Die in 
 Kuwait Wedding Blaze 

Guests stampeded to party tent's only exit

Aug 16, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A fire at a wedding near Kuwait City claimed the lives of 35 women and six children today, the BBC reports. Another 60 women and children were also injured as a tent holding the wedding caught fire and caved in over the course of just 3 minutes, causing a brutal... More »

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women • children • wedding • Kuwait • stampede • fire • injured

 Swine Flu Hits 
 US Troops 
 in Kuwait 

First cases reported in the Gulf region

May 24, 09 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the first appearance of swine flu in the Gulf region, 18 American soldiers have tested positive for the disease, reports the BBC. All affected troops have left Kuwait and received medical attention. The soldiers at the military base—a logistics outpost for troops serving in Iraq—did not come... More »

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military bases • Kuwait • Gulf Coast • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Kuwait Elects 
 First  Women 
 to Parliament 

Four women take seats

May 17, 09 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kuwaitis have elected the first women ever to become members of Parliament, reports the BBC. US-educated Aseel al-Awadhi and Rola Dashti won seats in regional votes. Former Health Minister Massouma al-Mubarak, who was the first Kuwaiti woman to be appointed to a ministerial post, and Salwa al-Jassar also secured seats.... More »

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female politicians • Kuwait • free elections

Troops in Iraq Face Final Challenge: Moving Out

US military prepares to remove equipment from Iraq

Mar 16, 09 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the US military reduces its presence in Iraq, it faces the logistical challenge of moving all the equipment it brought to the country during the nearly six-year war effort, the Los Angeles Times reports. Unlike personnel, much of the equipment used in Iraq will remain in the region, stored... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Iran • Middle East • Humvees • Qatar • Kuwait • tanks • MRAP • Iraq war • Central Command

ANALYSIS

Cheap Oil Keeps World Economy Off Balance

With crude under $40, investment dries up, nations lose revenue

Feb 20, 09 5:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Oil surged 13% yesterday in New York trading—and still closed at less than $40 a barrel, reports the Washington Post. Cheap oil has been a boon for consumers in the recession, but the collapse in crude prices has contributed to further havoc in international markets from Canada to Kuwait.... More »

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Russia • oil • Venezuela • Canada • recession • Kuwait • oil price

FINANCIAL CRISIS

Even Oil-Rich Gulf States Hit by Financial Storm

Global woes descend on Persian Gulf oil economies with a fury

Oct 27, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The financial crisis has finally struck the Persian Gulf—the one area of the world that had seemed immune—as a 50% plunge in oil prices since July and a raft of currency trades gone bad has led to the first bank bailout in the area. Kuwait’s central bank... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Persian Gulf • Kuwait • credit market chaos • financial crisis

 Baghdad Pup Going 
 Home to His Sarge 

Army allows Minnesota soldier to keep rescued dog

Oct 20, 08 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A dog rescued from almost certain death by soldiers in Baghdad will be reunited with the US Army  sergeant who adopted him. Military regulations had prevented Sgt. Gwen Beberg, 28, from sending the dog, Ratchet, to the US, but yesterday the SPCA was allowed to fly Ratchet to Kuwait on... More »

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Northwest Airlines • SPCA • Kuwait • Operation Baghdad Pups • Ratchet • Gwen Beberg • Patricia Beberg • Larry Garrison

7 US Soldiers
Killed in Iraq
Copter Crash

Military has ruled out hostile fire in the Chinook accident

Sep 18, 08 8:04 AM CDT
(AP) - Seven US soldiers were killed in southern Iraq today when their helicopter crashed, the AP reports. "At this time we are uncertain of the cause, but hostile fire has been ruled out," a military spokesman said. The crash occurred shortly after midnight in a desert under British military... More »

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Iraq • crash • soldier • Kuwait • fatalities • Chinook helicopters

Oops! Palin 
Didn't Visit 
Iraq After All 

And her 'trip'
to Ireland was
a refueling stop

Sep 14, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Contrary to earlier claims by campaign aides, Sarah Palin has never visited Iraq, a spokesman has conceded. The Alaska governor visited state troops in Kuwait and Germany and also stopped in Ireland last year. But she did not cross the Kuwait border into Iraq as previously claimed—and Ireland was... More »

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Iraq • Ireland • foreign policy • Kuwait • campaign issues • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

 Obama Arrives in Iraq 

Candidate to meet with commanders and troops on third leg of world tour

Jul 21, 08 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama landed in Basra today and headed to Baghdad for the latest leg of his world tour, the Washington Post reports. The candidate, who made a brief stop in Kuwait last night after 2 days in Afghanistan, will meet with US commanders and Iraqi officials and speak with US... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Chuck Hagel • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • troop withdrawal • Kuwait • Jack Reed

Gulf Illness Blamed on Chemicals

Pesticides and nerve agents cause syndrome, says researcher

Mar 11, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Exposure to chemicals and pesticides during the first Gulf War is the likely cause of widespread illnesses suffered by its veterans, a new study concludes. Some 250,000 veterans of the conflict—a third of the troops who served— suffer fatigue, muscle and joint pain, memory lapses, intestinal problems, and... More »

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Iraq • veterans • Pentagon • memory loss • Department of Veterans Affairs • Kuwait • nerve gas • chronic fatigue syndrome • National Academy of Sciences • Gulf War • Gulf War Syndrome • muscle pain • Dr. Beatrice Golomb • UCSD School of Medicine • pyridostigmine bromide • Khamisiyah • acetylcholinesterase inhibitors • organophosphates • sarin • Desert Shield • Desert Storm • Rand Corp

GI Gets 10 Years for Iraqi Murder

Sniper tried to cover tracks after killing unarmed civilian

Feb 11, 08 5:12 AM CST
(Newser) - A US Army sniper was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday after a court martial found him guilty of murdering an Iraqi civilian. The Iraqi was shot when he stumbled upon the sniper's hideout, and a weapon was planted on the body to make it appear that the victim... More »

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Iraq • murder • US Army • Kuwait • 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment • Sgt Evan Vela • Ghani Naser Janabi • sniper • Jarf Sakhr

Sick Soldiers Sent to War Zones

Deployed with injuries to meet goals

Jan 18, 08 3:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Soldiers who are unfit because of injuries or illness are being sent to Iraq to meet deployment goals. Physicians reveal that 52 soldiers from Colorado's Fort Carson were deployed despite suffering from nerve damage, mental health problems and other ailments, the Denver Post reports. "Because of issues reaching deployable... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Kuwait • Fort Carson • 3rd Brigade Combat Team • deployment goals • Soldier Readiness Process • Bronze Star • Veterans for Common Sense • Camp Buehring

Bush Abandoned Mideast Democracy Push: Activists

He's just after political stability now, they charge

Jan 17, 08 4:31 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush wound up a Middle East tour yesterday leaving many pro-democracy activists in the region bitter and disappointed, reports the Washington Post. The president and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressured authoritarian Arab governments for political reforms in 2005, but now activists worry that the White House is favoring... More »

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Middle East • Lebanon • Condoleezza Rice • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • Kuwait • National Endowment for Democracy • Muslim Brotherhood • George W. Bush

For Hurting US Companies, World Supplies Band-Aid

In economic sea change, 'we need the money,' one US Rep. says

Jan 16, 08 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The subprime collapse has US financial institutions in uncharted waters—asking for help from foreign investors and governments, the Wall Street Journal reports. Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley all have recently sought bailouts, a dramatic switch from a tradition that saw US banks coming to the “rescue of... More »

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China • Saudi Arabia • Japan • Citigroup • subprime mortgages • Morgan Stanley • Merrill Lynch • Singapore • Abu Dhabi • Kuwait • sovereign wealth funds

Bush Seeks
to Drum Up Arab Support

President wraps up
first Israeli visit and
moves on to Kuwait

Jan 11, 08 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush flew to Kuwait today, the first of five Arab nations he will visit to drum up support for an Israeli/Palestinian peace deal and to find ways to contain Iran. But don’t expect a “blinding flash” of support, given Israel’s pariah status, Condoleezza Rice warned. Bush... More »

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Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • Condoleezza Rice • Arabs • Kuwait • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush

Dow Chemical Sells 50% of Plastics Biz to Kuwait for $9.5B

Deal gets firm access to cheap raw materials

Dec 13, 07 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Kuwait’s national oil company agreed to buy a 50% stake in Dow Chemical’s plastics divisions for $9.5 billion, marking the biggest overseas investment by a Kuwaiti firm, Bloomberg reports. CEO Andrew Liveris said Dow would benefit from cheap access to raw materials and liquid assets received from... More »

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Kuwait • Dow Chemical Co.

Gulf States May Dump the Dollar

Sinking greenback fuels inflation in booming Gulf economies

Nov 20, 07 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The flagging greenback is forcing oil-rich Gulf states to consider uncoupling their currencies from the US dollar to fight runaway inflation at home and the devaluation of their own currencies, the Wall Street Journal reports. Leaders are considering everything from an outright break to revaluing their own currencies to pegging... More »

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Saudi Arabia • exchange rate • Kuwait • US dollar • US currency

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