Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 10/20/1997
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of October 20, 1997
- Electrified border between Iraq and Kuwait
"More than 94 miles of border barbed wire has been electrified. This a measure to stop infiltration," Kuwait Interior Ministry spokesman Colonel Badr Saleh said. Kuwait-Iraq, Military, 10/24/1997 - Kulaib starts visit to Iran Kuwait-Iran, Politics, 10/24/1997
- Hariri in Kuwait
Hariri communicated president Hrawi's salute to the Kuwaiti crown prince and invited him to visit Lebanon. The crown prince affirmed Kuwait's support of the Lebanese case. Lebanon-Kuwait, Politics, 10/23/1997 - Kuwait praises Egyptian writer
Sheikh Sabah, whose remarks were made on his behalf by Abdul Mohsen Qattan, a Kuwaiti intellectual, said Kuwait appreciated Al Din when he was the chief editor of the Kuwait-based Al Arabi magazine. Kuwait, People, 10/22/1997 - Water cannons used to disperse Chinese strikers
Kuwaiti special forces used water cannon to disperse hundreds of Chinese construction workers who grouped in a strike for the second time to demand payment of their delayed salaries. Kuwait, Politics, 10/21/1997 - KOTC appeal set for November 24
Legal sources said that the date was set after the public prosecution filed an appeal objecting to the ruling of the Court of Appeals. The case involves four persons: two Kuwaitis, a Jordanian and a Briton. Kuwait, Judicial, 10/21/1997 - Huge fire put out, 2 injured
Two Kuwaiti firemen were injured as they attempted to extinguish a huge fire which roared into life in a warehouse storing garments. Kuwait, Local, 10/20/1997 - Food fair planned Kuwait, Business, 10/20/1997
- Czechs call on Kuwaitis to invest in their state Kuwait, Economics, 10/20/1997