Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 5/18/1998
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of May 18, 1998
- 1,200 U.S. soldiers participate in joint maneuvers with Kuwait Kuwait-USA, Military, 5/21/1998
- Kuwaiti authorities confiscate immoral videotapes, cassettes Kuwait, Local, 5/21/1998
- Saudi - Kuwaiti media relations highlighted
Saudi minister of the information Fuad Abdul Salam al-Farisi met on Tuesday in Jeddah with Kuwaiti Information Minister Youssef Muhammad al-Sammit, currently visiting Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia-Kuwait, Politics, 5/20/1998 - The Kuwait foreign minister's resignation
The sources said that al-Sabah's resignation is due a dispute concerning the Cabinet's role in managing Kuwait's interior affairs and the disputes concerning the resolutions for economic reform taken by the previous government and disapproved by the new government. Kuwait, Politics, 5/19/1998 - Kuwaiti Emir refuses his foreign minister's resignation Kuwait, Politics, 5/19/1998
- A message from ruler of Qatar to Kuwaiti Emir Qatar-Kuwait, Politics, 5/19/1998
- Arab information and economic conference convenes in Kuwait Regional-Kuwait, Culture, 5/19/1998
- Kuwaiti first deputy premier resigns Kuwait, Politics, 5/18/1998
- Gulf countries discuss united currency
Kuwaiti Minister of Finance Ali Salem El-Ali said that there is a general trend among the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council to establish a customs union and united tariffs very soon. Gulf-Kuwait, Economics, 5/18/1998 - Parliament rejects allowing police to enter homes to check for guns
The government presented the draft law to enable to the police to deal with thousands of weapons that were left by the Iraqi forces and obtained by Kuwaiti citizens without licenses and without being licensed by the government. Kuwait, Politics, 5/18/1998