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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
The opposition blocs intend to support members who debuted in the 2012 Parliament by allowing them to run as part of lists' in the upcoming elections, a member from the annulled parliament said in a statement on Friday. There is an agreement among...
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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
A Kuwait University professor was released on bail after brief detention over charges of offending HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah through statements posted on Twitter, local dailies reported yesterday. The Capital Prosecution Department...
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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah has the sole power to dissolve or reinstate the 2009 parliament, Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi said. He underlined that the Constitutional Court ruling on dissolving 2012 parliament and...
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The Economist
| 11 months ago
Kuwait's opposition combines Islamists, emboldened by events in Egypt and elsewhere, and a clutch of stalwart liberal nationalists, such as Ahmed Saadoun, the veteran speaker of the just-dissolved parliament. He had loudly criticised plans for a...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Protesters have taken to the streets of Kuwait City to criticise a constitutional court ruling that declared parliamentary elections in February illegal and reinstated the previous parliament. The National Assembly elections saw the opposition...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Kuwait protest at court ruling dissolving parliament Opposition leaders estimated that as many as 30,000 people attended the protest at Erada square Thousands of Kuwaitis have protested against a court ruling that dissolved the opposition-dominated...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
It said the move was designed to pave the way to take the necessary legal action to implement the verdict. "We call on the authorities to issue a new decree to dissolve the 2009 parliament," that was reinstated by the court ruling, Barrak told the...
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
June 26, 2012 Related Thousands of Kuwaitis protested on Tuesday against a court ruling that effectively dissolved a Parliament dominated by opposition Islamists and reinstated the previous, more government-friendly, assembly. The protesters packed...
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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
Kuwait will continue its relentless drive against drugs to protect people, particularly youth, from this devastating scourge, the Ministry of Interior underscored yesterday...Sheikh Ahmad pointed out Kuwait identified the problem a long time ago and...
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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah told His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah that he does not plan to attend any session the 2009 parliament will hold out of respect to the Amir's desire to dissolve it.
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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
Kuwait is likely to face more instability in the long run even when it emerges from its latest crisis, as its opposition pushes for more say in governing the major oil exporter and US ally. The state has escaped the kind of mass popular protests that...
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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
The Opposition's Change Of Heart In a twist that I hardly think was a coincidence, the opposition in Kuwait endorsed a complete shift in approach following the announcement of Egypt's Presidential elections' results and became more aggressive towards...
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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
Thousands of protesters gather opposite the National Assembly yesterday to denounce a court ruling that scrapped the February Assembly elections and reinstated the 2009 parliament. Thousands of Kuwaitis demonstrated yesterday against the court ruling...
