Kuwait City Parks: A Critical Review of Their Design, Facilities, Programmes and Management
DawgSports (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
It's been a tough season for University of Georgia football fans. And believe me, I'll make another deposit into to your general misery account this evening. But in the meantime, try to remember that it could be worse. You could be a Notre Dame backer, and your own compatriots could be teeing off on your starting quarterback after his postgame meal with his parents. Let's take a moment to marvel at...
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
(Kuwait City) - The cassation court in Mecca should overturn the death sentence imposed on Ali Sabat by a lower court in Medina on November 9 for practicing witchcraft, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the Saudi government to cease its increasing use of charges of "witchcraft" which remains vaguely defined and arbitrarily used. read more
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
(Kuwait City) - The prosecutor-general should immediately order the release of Muhammad Abd al-Qadir al-Jasim, a lawyer and journalist who is a prominent critic of the government, Human Rights Watch said today. read more
News: Iraq -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
WASHINGTON | Army Lt. Col. Dominic “Rocky” Baragona was killed in Iraq on the very day he was going home. He was en route from Baghdad to Kuwait City when a tractor-trailer jackknifed across the highway and crushed his Humvee.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
WASHINGTON | Army Lt. Col. Dominic “Rocky” Baragona was killed in Iraq on the very day he was going home. He was en route from Baghdad to Kuwait City when a tractor-trailer jackknifed across the highway and crushed his Humvee.
GayandRight (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Well....a lot of Islamists think so... Parents have protested against government-funded music classes outside a Kuwait city school, calling the courses "Satanic," a regional daily newspaper reported Monday. "Music is not part of our tradition and religion, and we totally reject it," Qatar's Gulf News quoted parent Salih al-Khalid as saying. "What will our sons gain from learning...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Cairo - Parents have protested against government-funded music classes outside a Kuwait city school, calling the courses Satanic, a regional daily newspaper reported Monday. Music is not part of our tradition and religion, and we totally reject it...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Saturday Night At The Movies Ay, cabron! The Men Who Stare at Goats By Dennis Hartley “These are not the droids you are looking for.” So what do you get when you cross Ishtar with Catch-22 ? Perhaps you would get something along the lines of The Men Who Stare at Goats, the first genuine goofball farce that anyone has managed to squeeze out utilizing the generally unfunny Iraq War, Mark...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The 2009 World Squash Open is taking place in Kuwait City between Nov 17.
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
An update on this story . The court decided to uphold the constitution, despite pressure to ignore it in favor of Sharia (which sure seems to be happening in a lot of places lately). Not that this will stop Islamist legislators from harping on the issue in the future. "Court rules hijab optional for MPs," by James Calderwood for The National , October 29: KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's female MPs...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
New Delhi: Saurav Ghosal crashed out of the World Squash Open after being beaten 11-4, 11-5, 11-9, 11-1 by Egyptian Karim Darwish in Kuwait City on Monday. — PTI ...
The Age (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Australian interest at the squash World Open in Kuwait City is over after England's Nick Matthew ended Cameron Pilley's run in the third round.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
KUWAIT CITY, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* today announced that it has extended the AT&T network through a new node in the Middle East. The node, deployed in Kuwait City, will provide AT&T's global customers with improved connectivity in the Middle East and allow local Kuwaiti companies better access to global markets via AT&T's worldwide network.
Here There and Everywhere (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
From the Kuwait edition of the Arab Times today: Confusion on closure of animal market, need seen to set minimum standards KUWAIT CITY, Nov 2: Conflicting reports to the Arab Times caused confusion about the shut down of Al Rai animal market. News reports said that the animals were kept as hostages within the stalls to [...]
英文人行道 et cetera, et cetera (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
About Stephen Sackur HARDtalk is broadcast on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News Stephen Sackur, HARDtalk's presenter, has been a journalist with BBC News since 1986. Before taking over on the BBC News 24 and BBC World flagship current affairs interview programme, he had been based in Brussels for three years as the BBC's Europe Correspondent. Prior to this, Stephen was the BBC's Washington Correspondent...
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