SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's National Day in Kuwait. The annual holiday commemorates the Gulf state's independence from British rule in 1961. For years, the Kuwaiti embassy in Washington, D.C. has been holding a gala celebration to mark National Day. But

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Yutong bus in Venezuela [Photo: Yutong.com] A leading Chinese bus manufacturer Yutong is being singled out for its ability to carve out a niche in Venezuela, as well as in some parts of the Middle East. Zhengzhou-based Yutong first entered the Venezu

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Arab leaders tried to patch over their differences as a two-day summit in Kuwait drew to a close, but the Gaza conflict appears to have exacerbated the tensions. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Al Sabah, Amir

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By Edward Yeranian Cairo 21 October 2009 Kuwait's constitutional court ruled Wednesday that Kuwaiti women have the right to travel without their husband's permission, revoking a 1962 passport law. Women in other Gulf States, like Saudi Arabia, still

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Barbara Walters did a story on gender roles in Kuwait several years before the Gulf War. She noted then that women customarily walked about 10 feet behind their husbands. She returned to Kuwait recently and observed that the men now walked several ya

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By Scott Stearns Washington 05 September 2006 Amir of Kuwait (left) with President Bush President Bush welcomed the Amir of Kuwait to the White House for talks about bringing peace to the Middle East. ----- He thanked the Amir for what he called Kuw

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