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Former Kuwait ambassador to U.S. dies

Quick ReadSheik Saud Al Nasser Al Sabah, who was serving as Kuwait's ambassador to the United States when Iraq invaded Kuwait, has died.

Sheik Saud Al Nasser Al Sabah, who served as Kuwait's ambassador to the United States during Iraq's 1990 invasion of the oil-rich country and the American-led war to oust Saddam Hussein's forces, has died, a government-backed newspaper reported Sunday. He was 68.

Al-Qabas said the former diplomat died Saturday. It gave no cause of death.

A member of Kuwait's royal family, Sheik Nasser...

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