Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 10/4/1999
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of October 4, 1999
- Kuwait imprisons professor for speaking his mind on Islam
Kuwaiti University teacher and journalist Ahmad al-Baghdadi said in a statement issued on Thursday from his prison where he will stay for one month for being convicted of "insulting" the Islamic religion three years ago said that he is intending to migrate to Lebanon. Kuwait, Politics, 10/8/1999 - 47 countries participate in Kuwait international investment forum
47 countries requested to participate in an international investment forum in Kuwait, which will be held at the beginning of the coming year and will be organized by the Center for the Arab Research in Kuwait. Kuwait-Regional, Economics, 10/8/1999 - Ruler of Kuwait gets message from Menem Kuwait-Argentina, Politics, 10/6/1999
- Argentinean chief of staff arrives in Kuwait for official visit
Argentinean chief of staff Carols Sabla arrived yesterday in Kuwait to start a four-day official visit. Kuwait-Argentina, Politics, 10/6/1999 - 2.273 million in Kuwait's census Kuwait, Culture, 10/6/1999
- Kuwait holds foodstuffs ships to Iraq Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 10/6/1999
- Kuwait University teacher sentenced to imprisonment for speech
Kuwait University teacher Ahmad al-Baghdadi told the AFP that a court in Kuwait sentenced him to one month imprisonment over charges that he published several articles that were considered an insult to Islam. Kuwait, Judicial, 10/5/1999 - Argentine army chief of staff in Kuwait Kuwait-Argentina, Politics, 10/5/1999
- Iran, Kuwait for boosting economic relations
Kuwaiti Minister of Trade and Industry Abdul Wahab al-Wazzan, currently visiting Iran to take part in the meeting of Tehran International Fair, held talks on Sunday in Tehran with officials in Gilan province, northern Iran. Kuwait-Iran, Politics, 10/4/1999 - A crime every every 20 minutes in Kuwait
According to a study prepared by the planning and promotion department at the Kuwaiti Ministry of the Interior, this rate came following monitoring of crime rates during 1998, following precise registration of crimes and smaller crimes. Kuwait, Politics, 10/4/1999