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Cleaners strike in Kuwait

Thu, 10/21/2010 - 00:11 by harsheeb

Kuwait -- Workers at a cleaning company in Kuwait that employs thousands began a strike Wednesday seeking higher wages, the employees said.

The strike was affecting cleaning services at hospitals, government buildings and airports, the Gulf News reported.

The workers, mostly Bangladeshi, were also demanding the company pay transportation costs for flights home as stipulated by Kuwait labor laws.

"We were told to wait for another three months, so that the company grants us our request. However, a three-month period is too long. The workers need money.

Besides, we have suffered long enough," one work supervisor said, the Gulf News reported.

Kuwait Bay sea temperature rising quickly

Wed, 12/02/2009 - 02:07 by harsheeb

Southhampton -- British scientists say the water temperature of Kuwait Bay in the northern Arabian Gulf has increased three times faster than the global average since 1985.

Researcher Thamer al-Rashidi of Britain's National Oceanography Center, who led the study, said the higher water temperatures are having profound effects on key habitats and on power generation.

Al-Rashidi and his colleagues used data gathered by satellites from 1985 to 2007 to assess warming in Kuwait Bay and the Gulf region.

Anti-doping strategies to be discussed

Tue, 11/17/2009 - 07:52 by harsheeb

Kuwait -- International sports organizations say they will discuss new strategies to combat doping during a Kuwait meeting.

Mahmoud Khalifa, manager of anti-doping for the Olympic Council of Asia, said the four-day International Convention against Doping in Sport is set to be held next Thursday, the Kuwait News Agency KUNA reported Monday.

Khalifa said the conference would be held under auspices of Kuwaiti International Olympic Committee member Sheikh Ahmad Fahad al-Ahmad al-Sabah and will be supervised by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Trading at Kuwait Stock Exchange halted

Thu, 11/13/2008 - 19:36 by MT Bureau

Kuwait City -- A Kuwait court on Thursday ordered the Kuwait Stock Exchange closed until Nov. 17 to halt a steep slide in market losses.

Chief Justice Najib Al-Majid issued his suspension order in response to a suit filed Oct. 8 against the prime minister, the minister of commerce and the chairman of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, Kuwait news agency Kuna reported.

Trading was halted early Thursday with the market down 160.1 points at 8,691, Kuna reported.

The bourse's public relations director said all transactions made until the suspension of trading took effect were considered "valid and will not be annulled."

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Kuwait postpones oil privatization

Sat, 07/28/2007 - 19:37 by MT Bureau

Kuwait -- A plan to privatize part of Kuwait Petroleum Corp. has been postponed until the National Assembly approves a privatization law, it was reported Saturday.

"We are following the directives of the Higher Petroleum Council, KPC Chief Executive Officer Saad Al-Shuwayib said in a statement to the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA.

Al-Shuwayib, who became deputy chairman last week, said privatization requires greater coordination and consolidation between KPC leaders and the company's large workforce.