Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 8/16/1999
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of August 16, 1999
- Kuwaiti crown prince in London for medical checks Kuwait, People, 8/20/1999
- Kuwait: We confiscated a ship from Iraq carrying children's foodstuffs
The Kuwaiti Ministry of the Interior said on Monday that the authorities had confiscated in its territorial waters an Indian ship coming from Iraq loaded with 250 tonnes of items for children for a trader in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 8/17/1999 - Fair for Kuwaiti products in South Africa
Kuwait will hold its first fair for Kuwaiti products outside the Arab states during November in Johannesburg, South Africa with the participation of 50 Kuwaiti factories and companies. Kuwait-South Africa, Economics, 8/17/1999 - Kuwait gives Jordanians, Sudanese work licenses
A Kuwaiti daily quoted Kuwaiti Minister of Trade, Industry, Social Affairs and Labor Abdul Wahab al-Wazzan as saying that the Kuwaiti authorities have recently offered work permits to Jordanian and Sudanese citizens, in the context of restoring relations with the two countries to normalcy. Kuwait-Regional, Politics, 8/16/1999 - Kuwait receives four French warships
Paris on Sunday handed over to Kuwait four warships at a cost of US $250 million, the first batch of 8 similar warships whose mission will be to control the territorial waters off the coast of Kuwait and around the nine islands which are affiliated to Kuwait in the waters of the Gulf. Kuwait-France, Military, 8/16/1999 - Free medical care for foreigners canceled in Kuwait
Free medical care for foreign workers in Kuwait has been canceled, starting today. Kuwait, Economics, 8/16/1999