Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 3/23/1998
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of March 23, 1998
- UN Compensation Committee funds third repayment stage
The United Nations Compensation Commission yesterday approved funds for the reimbursement of claimants who were found to have suffered losses in Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The commission dispersed $497.8 million among 17 governments for distribution to nearly 200,000 claimants. Iraq-Kuwait-UN, International, 3/26/1998 - Kuwait international trade fair opens today Kuwait, Economics, 3/25/1998
- New Kuwaiti government to strengthen military defense
The new Kuwaiti Cabinet on Monday took constitutional oath before Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah. Its Premier Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah pledged to perpetuate the country's resources to strengthen military defense. Kuwait, Politics, 3/24/1998 - Free trade between Kuwait and Egypt
Kuwaiti investment represents the second-largest foreign investment in Egypt after Saudi Arabia and totals 19% of investments in projects that cost LE 6.35 billion. Egypt-Kuwait, Economics, 3/24/1998 - Comoros, Kuwait review relations Kuwait-Comoros, Politics, 3/24/1998
- New Kuwaiti government takes oath Kuwait, Politics, 3/23/1998
- Kuwait emir receives messages from UAE Kuwait-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 3/23/1998