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Virginia Soldier Dies in Kuwait
The military says a soldier from Virginia died in Kuwait today. The Defense department says Staff Sergeant Jessica M. Wing was from Alexandria. She died yesterday in Kuwait City in a non-combat related incident. She was assigned to the 1st Battalion,...
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More than 800 Va. Guard members deploy to Iraq
ReporterIt hasn't happened in Virginia since World War II, but Wednesday, the largest single unit mobilization in the Virginia Army National Guard since the 1940s took place. More than 800 Guardsmen from Christiansburg, Hampton Roads and Fredericksburg were...Tags: Elementary Schools, U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Iraq
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Iran says appeals for 'jihad' in Syria fuel radicalism
ReutersKUWAIT (Reuters) - Calls by Sunni Muslim clerics for a holy war against the Syrian government and its Shi'ite allies are fuelling radicalism in the region, a senior Iranian official said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, prominent cleric Sheikh Youssef...Tags: Islam, Religion and Belief, Bashar Assad, Jihad, Iran
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Iran says appeals for "jihad" in Syria fuel radicalism
ReutersKUWAIT, June 19 (Reuters) - Calls by Sunni Muslim clerics for a holy war against the Syrian government and its Shi'ite allies are fuelling radicalism in the region, a senior Iranian official said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, prominent cleric...Tags: Islam, Religion and Belief, Bashar Assad, Jihad, Iran
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Kuwait hangs two Egyptian men for murder and rape
ReutersKUWAIT, June 18 (Reuters) - Kuwait hanged two Egyptian men on Tuesday, one for murder and the other for abduction and rape, state news agency KUNA reported, in the second set of executions in the Gulf Arab state this year. Ahmad al-Beili was sentenced to...Tags: Death Penalty, Murder, Human Rights, Politics, Human Rights Watch
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U.N. recommends bringing Iraq closer to ending 1990s sanctions
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, June 18 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday recommended bringing Iraq one step closer to ending all U.N. sanctions imposed on Baghdad more than two decades ago after former leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait In...Tags: National Government, Baghdad (Iraq), Politics, Iraq, United Nations
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T.Constitucional Kuwait ordena disolver el parlamento y nuevas elecciones
ReutersPor Sylvia Westall y Mahmoud Harby KUWAIT (Reuters) - El máximo tribunal de Kuwait ordenó el domingo la disolución del parlamento y la celebración de nuevas elecciones, una resolución que probablemente va a desencadenar una nueva inestabilidad polí... -
Kuwait court dissolves parliament, orders new vote
ReutersKUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's constitutional court dissolved parliament on Sunday and called for fresh elections under a voting system rejected by the opposition, a move that could bring more volatility to a Gulf Arab state hit by extraordinary street...Tags: Elections, Voting, Politics, Parliament, Government
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KUWAIT'S TOP COURT ORDERS DISSOLUTION OF
ReutersKUWAIT'S TOP COURT ORDERS DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT, CALLS FOR FRESH ELECTIONS-COURT OFFICIALS -
Kuwait court dissolves parliament, orders new elections
ReutersKUWAIT June 16 (Reuters) - Kuwait's top court on Sunday ordered the dissolution of the Gulf Arab state's parliament and called for fresh elections, court officials said. The Constitutional Court made its ruling after examining an opposition challenge...Tags: Politics, Parliament
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Kuwait court orders dissolution of parliament, new elections
ReutersKUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's top court ordered the dissolution of parliament on Sunday and called for fresh elections, a ruling likely to herald fresh political volatility in the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state. The Constitutional Court made its ruling...Tags: Elections, Voting, Political Dissent, Politics, Government Ministers
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Kuwait says it will not tolerate protests against court ruling
ReutersKUWAIT, June 14 (Reuters) - Kuwait warned on Friday that it would not allow any unlicensed protest marches over a court ruling next week which will say whether a new electoral system introduced by the country's ruler is constitutional. Ruler Sheikh Sabah...Tags: Elections, Petroleum Industry, Politics, Parliament
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