Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 7/17/2000
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of July 17, 2000
- Qatar and Bahrain aim to end border disputes
The London-based al-Hayat daily said on Friday that the special advisor for the Kuwaiti crown prince Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber started a three - day visit to Qatar. No news were disclosed on the aim of the visit. Kuwait-Qatar, Politics, 7/22/2000 - International concern over the situation of Kuwaiti women
Experts at the UN human rights committee on Wednesday expressed concern over the process of maintaining equality between men and women in Kuwait. The experts indicated that Kuwait is among the few countries in the world which deprive women their rights to take part in the political life. Kuwait, Politics, 7/20/2000 - Syrian citizens compensated for the Gulf war Kuwait-Syria, Politics, 7/19/2000
- Kuwaiti crown prince confers with Pakistani minister, British army officer
Kuwait's crown prince Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah, who is also the prime minister on Tuesday received Pakistan's minister of oil and natural resources Othman Amin Eddine, currently visiting Kuwait. Kuwait, Politics, 7/19/2000 - Pakistani minister arrives in Kuwait Kuwait-Pakistan, Politics, 7/18/2000
- Highest temperatures in Kuwait
Temperatures registered in Kuwait on Sunday broke the record as it reached 51 degrees in shadow, representing a three degrees increase from the annual average. Kuwait, Local, 7/18/2000 - On the Iran - UAE island crisis
Iran's foreign minister Kamal Kharazi has announced his country's readiness to receive members of the three member Arab Gulf committee concerned with finding a mechanism for direct negotiations between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to settle the issue of the three islands, as far as the aim of this committee is to encourage direct dialogue. United Arab Emirates-Kuwait, Politics, 7/17/2000