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• Bin Laden son-in-law wants to hire lawyer facing indictment

  Marzouk to Israel to stand trial for bombings, to replace federal public defenders appointed to defend him. He said his brother in Kuwait had already paid Cohen a retainer. Kaplan told Abu Ghaith, accompanied by Cohen, that his lawyer was facing a tax-related   Read more »

• Kuwait ex-MP freed to fight emir insult sentence

  figure, was charged for a speech last year in which he derided Kuwait's ruler for making changes to the country's voting law.Kuwaiti officials have sharply increased crackdown on dissent, including arrests for Twitter posts deemed offensive to the emir.   Read more »

• Muzzle on dissent in Gulf faces backlash in Kuwait

  police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds of al-Barrack supporters in a breakaway protest march from his villa. Kuwait's Information Ministry acknowledged that police entered his house, but strongly denied claims that "personnel attacked ladies   Read more »

• Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf buried at West Point

  "Duty, Honor, Country."He married here. He taught here. And on Thursday he was buried here.His family and friends joined Kuwaiti officials, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Vice President Dick Cheney , gray clad cadets and a detail of New Jersey   Read more »

• Iraq, Kuwait to resume flights after 22-year halt

  -- Iraq's Transportation Ministry says that country's airline will resume commercial flights to Kuwait for the first time since Saddam Hussein's forces invaded the Gulf nation in 1990.A statement posted on the ministry's official website said Monday that flights   Read more »

Around the web

• Kuwait Stock Exchange bucks global markets' retreat

  The information comprised in this section is not, nor is it held out to be, a solicitation of any person to take any form of investment decision. The content of the AMEinfo.com Web site does not constitute advice or a recommendation by AME Info FZ LLC / 4C 5/21/13 from AME Info Read more »

• Kuwait Fund to Step Up Support to Ethiopia

  Fund has promised to back ongoing road construction and potable water provision projects in Ethiopia. It has also pledged to support the expansion project at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. The Fund has so far provided an aggregate support of $150   from AllAfrica.com Read more »

• Ethiopia, Kuwait Agree to Build Up Relations

  and Kuwait have agreed to strengthen existing trade and investment relations. During his stay in Kuwait, Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn held discussions that country's senior officials on various issues common concern. Ethiopia and Kuwait have been enjoying   from AllAfrica.com Read more »

• Tedros Held Talk With Kuwaiti Delegation

  cooperation which is in line with the Government's priorities as set in its 5 year Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP). The Kuwait Fund has provided support for Ethiopia's development activities mainly in the expansion of infrastructure. The Minister who   from AllAfrica.com Read more »

• Sahel cagers win Shabab opener

  in a one-sided affair which was more of a learning experience for the gutsy students against the semi-professionals from Kuwait. The lack of depth in the US side (Team Unity) went against them and the lone ranger Jermaine Joshua (19) had to do the spadework   from Khaleej Times Read more »