Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 5/8/2000
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of May 8, 2000
- Kuwait asks Iran 's mediation over border disputes
Kuwait has asked for the mediation of countries to settle a dispute with Iran pertaining to a gas field the countries call for having control on. Kuwait-Iran, Economics, 5/12/2000 - Iran's first cultural attache to Kuwait Kuwait-Iran, Culture, 5/11/2000
- Egyptian oil minister: Plan to attract $20 billion in Arab and foreign investments
Egyptian Oil Minister Sameh Fahmi stated that the petroleum sector is currently studying a new plan to attract Arab and foreign investments of $20 billion to establish major petroleum projects during the coming 10-15 years. Egypt-Kuwait, Economics, 5/10/2000 - Emir of Kuwait confers with Lebanese, UN officials
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Tuesday in Kuwait received Lebanese Mufti Sheikh Muhammad Rashid Qabbani. Kuwait-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 5/10/2000 - Death sentence for Iranians in Kuwait
Kuwaiti diplomatic sources said yesterday that four Iranians in Kuwait were sentenced to death for smuggling drugs and that it is expected that the four Iranians would appeal. Kuwait-Iran, Judicial, 5/10/2000 - Iraq protests at the UN against Kuwait
The Iraqi government on Monday called on the UN to intervene in order to prevent Kuwaiti violations, represented in entering Iraqi territorial waters and attacking Iraqi fishermen, according to the Iraqi News Agency. Iraq-Kuwait-UN, Politics, 5/9/2000 - Emir of Kuwait confers with French trade minister Kuwait-France, Politics, 5/8/2000
- Iraqi paper warns against Kuwaiti provocation
The Iraqi daily al-Thawra on Sunday warned Kuwait and called on it "to give up aggressions and provocations against Iraq," asserting that such similar provocations were behind what had taken place in August, 1990. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 5/8/2000