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Detained Pinoy truck drivers in Kuwait arrive home
ABS CBN News, Philippines - 1 hour ago
Seven overseas Filipino workers who were arrested and detained for one month in Kuwait for allegedly initiating a strike against their company have returned ...
5/17/2008 8:06:36 AM

The Southern Ledger

Kuwait Votes for Parliament Amid Inflation, Gridlock (Update1)
Bloomberg - 4 hours ago
``There is no excuse for Kuwait to be where it is, we want to move forward,'' said Lubna Saif Abbas on her way to vote at an all-female polling station in a ...
VP De Castro pleads Filipina’s case with Kuwait ruler Inquirer.net
An election in Kuwait Economist
FACTBOX-Some facts about Kuwait's political system Reuters UK
International Herald Tribune - Aljazeera.net
all 392 news articles
5/17/2008 5:24:23 AM

FACTBOX-Key facts about Kuwait
Reuters - 7 hours ago
(Reuters) - Kuwait votes in parliamentary elections on Saturday, after its ruler dissolved parliament in March to end a standoff with the government that ...
FACTBOX-Economic reforms at stake in Kuwait elections Reuters UK
all 6 news articles
5/17/2008 2:03:38 AM

AME Info (press release)

Dubai Quality Group signs MoU with Kuwait's Jabir Quality Award
AME Info (press release), United Arab Emirates - 9 hours ago
Dubai Quality Group (DQG) has announced that it has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jabir Quality Award (JQA), Kuwait's premier ...
5/17/2008 12:09:42 AM

Kuwait planning to send ‘top-level team’ to WEF
Arab Times, Kuwait - 11 hours ago
... HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in the meeting, Kuwaiti Ambassador in Cairo Dr Rashid Al-Hamad told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). ...
5/16/2008 10:28:45 PM

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دولة الكويت
Dawlat al-Kuwayt

State of Kuwait
Flag of Kuwait Coat of arms of Kuwait
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Al-Nasheed Al-Watani
Location of Kuwait
Capital
(and largest city)
Kuwait City
29°22′N 47°58′E
Official languages Arabic
Government Constitutional Hereditary Emirate1
 - Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
 - Crown Prince Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
 - Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Independence  
 - from the UK June 19, 1961 
Area
 - Total 17,818 km² (157th)
6,880 sq mi 
 - Water (%) negligible
Population
 - 2006 estimate 3,100,0002 (n/a)
 - Density 131/km² (68th)
339/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2005 estimate
 - Total $88,7 billion (n\a)
 - Per capita $29,566 (n\a)
HDI (2004) 0.871 (high) (33rd)
Currency Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
Time zone (UTC+3)
 - Summer (DST) (UTC+3)
Internet TLD .kw
Calling code +965