Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 5/24/1999
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of May 24, 1999
- Siemens wins Kuwaiti mobile network contract
The German Siemens group won an order to establish the second network for mobile phones in Kuwait, which is estimated at 105 million German marks. Kuwait, Business, 5/28/1999 - A Kuwaiti loan to Lebanon worth 200 million dollars Lebanon-Kuwait, Economics, 5/28/1999
- Yemen proposes mediation for Kuwaiti prisoners in Iraq
Yemeni Parliament Speaker Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar has expressed his personal readiness as well as that of the Yemeni parliament to take part in closing the issue of the Kuwaiti prisoners in Iraq. Yemen-Kuwait, Politics, 5/27/1999 - Albright's message to Kuwaiti counterpart Kuwait-USA, Politics, 5/27/1999
- Kuwaiti defense minister heads for Washington
defense minister, Sheikh Salem al-Sabah, left Kuwait on Wednesday for the US in the course of a tour which will also cover France and Switzerland. Kuwait-USA, Politics, 5/27/1999 - A message from Sheikh Jaber to Yemeni President
Yemeni Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Abdul Qader Bajmal received a message from the emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, addressed to the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yemen-Kuwait, Politics, 5/26/1999 - Discussing security cooperation between Kuwait and USA Kuwait-USA, Politics, 5/26/1999
- Prince of Kuwait sends a message to Khatami Kuwait-Iran, Politics, 5/26/1999
- Kuwait: A new allowing the women to vote and elect
Prince Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah has approved a draft to amend the election law that will give women the right to vote and participate in the parliament, but Islamic groups refused the draft. Kuwait, Politics, 5/25/1999 - Kuwaiti Cabinet discusses Jordanian King's visit, praises al-Hoss' stances
The Kuwaiti Cabinet on Sunday debated in a message sent recently by King Abdullah Bin Hussein Prince Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah in which the King accepted the visit to Kuwait in the "course of the care of the two countries' leadership and promoting them in various fields as well as to exchange viewpoints regarding various debated issues." Kuwait-Regional, Politics, 5/24/1999 - Kuwaiti fund sign $56 mln loan with Morocco
Morocco and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) signed in Rabat on Friday an agreement under which the Kuwait-based fund grants Morocco a loan worth $56 million (17 million Kuwaiti Dinars) to help finance the construction of a dam and a water supply project in the southern city of Agadir. Morocco-Kuwait, Economics, 5/24/1999 - Shehab calls on Arab organizations to take up issue of Kuwaiti captives
Egyptian Minister of State for Higher Education and Scientific Research Mofid Shehab called on Arab non-governmental organizations to adopt the issue of the Kuwaiti captives before international and Arab circles, considering it a humanitarian issue and one of the results of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Egypt-Kuwait, Politics, 5/24/1999 - Bashar al-Assad to visit Kuwait Syria-Kuwait, Politics, 5/24/1999
- Emir of Kuwait gets a message from Demirel Kuwait-Turkey, Politics, 5/24/1999