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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Kuwait

Kuwait stories: 25 news summaries

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Greenback Assaulted at
OPEC meeting

Dollar a 'worthless piece of paper,' Iran's president says

Nov 18, 07 9:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Calling it a "small and worthless piece of paper,” Iran’s president today urged OPEC's members to drop the depreciating US dollar as its official currency. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed President Bush for the dollar’s decline and its adverse effects. The comments highlight mounting tension among OPEC members,... More »

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Iran • Saudi Arabia • Venezuela • King Abdullah • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • OPEC • Qatar • foreign market • United Arab Emirates • Kuwait • oil price • US dollar • Hugo Chávez

Panel Rips Army Fraud 'Crisis'

Raps military on wasted contract billions

Nov 1, 07 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Army is under fire for failing to train enough officers to supervise billions of dollars in contracts and allowing waste and fraud to flourish, reports the New York Times.  The problems have "created a crisis," according to an independent six-member panel appointed by Army Secretary Pete... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • contracts • US Army • Pete Geren • Kuwait • Government Accountability Office • Maj. John Cockerham • Jacques S. Gansler • procurement

Pentagon Investigates $6B in Contracts

Soldiers, civilians charged with taking bribes in Iraq

Sep 24, 07 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon is investigating widespread graft involving US war-zone contracts, with 29 soldiers and civilians charged so far, the New York Times reports. Most of the scrutiny focuses on a contracting office in Kuwait, where an Army major is charged with taking $10 million in bribes from companies seeking contracts... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • bribe • Kuwait • Army contracts • Army graft • Iraq war

US Firm Paid Bribes for Iraq Contracts: Army

21 others barred from government work in ongoing scandal probe

Aug 31, 07 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - An American company paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to secure some $12 million in contracts in Iraq and Kuwait, despite poor performance on earlier work, according to court documents obtained by the New York Times. Lee Dynamics International was suspended from seeking government work after an Army... More »

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Iraq • contracts • bribe • Kuwait • Lee Dynamics International • Gloria Davis

Criminal Probes Launched Into Iraqi Arms Deals

One of scores of investigations focus on aide to Gen. Petraeus

Aug 28, 07 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scores of investigations are under way into fraud, bribery and other criminal activity relating to billions of dollars worth of arms and other war materiel supplied to forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, the New York Times reports. The focus of the investigations range from the misappropriation of a few... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • investigation • fraud • David Petraeus • bribery • Kuwait • Levonda Joey Selph • Iraq war

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