Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 7/16/2001
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of July 16, 2001
- UN panel pays out $ 513 mln in damages arising from Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
A United Nations panel which disburses damage awards arising from Iraq's 1990 invasion and subsequent occupation of Kuwait on Thursday granted over $513 million in payments to successful claimants. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 7/20/2001 - Kuwait calls for boycotting Doha conference
In retaliation to Qatar's declaration of Israel's participation at the World Trade Conference due to be held in Doha in November this year, the chairman of the Kuwaiti al-Ummah council ( parliament) Jasem al-Khurafi hoped that Kuwait will not take part in this conference because of Israel's participation in it. Kuwait-Qatar, Politics, 7/18/2001 - Ruler of Kuwait confers with AL chief Kuwait-Regional, Politics, 7/17/2001
- Kuwait, Saudi Arabia review implementation of demarcating the continental rift
The Saudi crown province Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz has received a message from the first deputy of the Kuwaiti premier and the foreign minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah giving to detailed explanations of the executive steps taken concerning the border demarcation Saudi Arabia-Kuwait, Politics, 7/17/2001