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Japan extends steep Iran crude oil cut to May Imports 60 pct lower than Jan ... - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Japan's Iran oil loadings were initially expected to have fallen to 750000 bpd, but the actual amount is likely to be slightly higher, said the traders who declined to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media.
Dead Egyptian's roommate surrenders to Jahra police - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
A person who identified himself as the manager of the motel, but refused to give his name, had said the victim and another person were involved in a verbal spat. According to security sources another Egyptian had earlier arrived at the motel to inquire ...
JPMorgan 'rating cut' LOSS RAISES QUESTIONS ON KEY ISSUES: FITCH - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
“He is obviously being called that to describe a fictional character with unbelievable powers,” one trader who works at another financial institution told AFP, although he did not want to be identified. “Everyone is talking about this because once ...
Egyptian expatriate found dead in a motel - Police probe death - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
A person, who identified himself as the manager of the motel but refused to give his name, said he could not comment on the incident except to say “there was a row between two persons”. According to a security source, another Egyptian expatriate had ...
Syria ignores deadline, pounds rebels COMMANDER CALLS FOR AIR STRIKES ON ASSAD ... - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
A security official who was traveling with the convoy, but declined to give his name, said the home-made device was thrown while the convoy's five armored vehicles were pulling into the parking area of the Supreme Security Committee's building, ...
E-MAILS SHOW ASSAD JOKED ON REFORMS, SOUGHT OUT IRAN - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
He declined to give his name. The United Nations says some 230000 Syrians have been displaced from their homes, including 30000 who have fled abroad, raising the prospect of a refugee crisis. The government has blamed foreign powers and terrorist gangs ...
Damascus clampdown after defiance call - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Three soldiers were wounded in a clash with southern separatists near a polling booth in Lahij province on Sunday, two days ahead of Yemen's presidential election, a government official said. “Gunmen from the Southern Movement attacked military ...
Iran cuts oil to six in EU, adds centrifuges - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
US and European officials, who insisted on anonymity when discussing a highly sensitive subject, said their governments' experts agreed that the Iranians had succeeded in disabling Stuxnet and getting it out of their machinery.
Hackers hit law websites Haditha defense site defaced - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the matter is under investigation, told The Associated Press that authorities were looking at the possibility the message was intercepted from the private email account of one of ...
Decision made to shut Hormuz if Iran oil blocked, say Guards - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
“I would see it as another escalatory step on the Iranian side,” the official, who declined to be named, said. As the sanctions pressure mounts on the major oil producer, Iran has called for fresh talks on its nuclear programme with the permanent ...
Iran bunkers U-enrichment Tehran plans more war games - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
A senior EU official, who also asked to remain anonymous, said exploratory contacts were under way “notably with Saudi Arabia to examine whether it could increase production to offset the loss of Iranian crude.” While European Union governments have ...
India now faces the worst-case scenario - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Senior government officials, who declined to be named, described a finance ministry dominated by 76-year-old Pranab Mukherjee, who is more adept at bringing together unruly coalition allies than doing anything bold about the economy. ...
SHEIKH JABER SEEN LIKELY TO HEAD CARETAKER GOVERNMENT - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 29: Kuwait's National Assembly will be constitutionally dissolved and snap elections called by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah Wednesday, sources close to the government told the Arab Times late Tuesday. ...
SEVEN ACTIVISTS FREED, 24 DETAINED FOR 21 DAYS - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 27: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah is expected to dissolve the National Assembly and call a snap election Monday, sources close to the government said late Sunday evening. The sources added that the Amir is expected on ...
UN urges end to Syria killings after 50 die ICC fears Gaddafi's son may flee ... - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Yemeni police arrested five suspects after the killing of a top security agent in a car bombing blamed on al-Qaeda in the southern city of Aden, a source close to the security services said Saturday. “The five suspects were arrested shortly after the ...
Syria toll rises to 2900: UN - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
When asked if NATO was fulfilling its mission to protect civilians, one aid worker, who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak publicly, replied: “It wouldn't seem so.” NATO said on Thursday it expected to end its mission in Libya ...
Greek ministry sit-in forces reform meeting reschedule - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
He asked not to be named, pending official announcements. At the Finance Ministry, protesting employees continued their occupation for a second day, guarding the entrance where the words “They shall not pass” had been spray-painted across drawn-down ...
Several MPs eye parliamentary probe into some banks' dealings - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
The sources said the matter should be referred to the Public Prosecution for investigation and taking necessary legal action, especially since such deals were not under the control of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) as required by banking laws. ...
Terror threat clouds start of 9/11 ceremonies - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
“We're looking at travel records, times, dates that people may have traveled, passenger lists, itineraries,” a US counterterrorism official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Washington Post. Obama on Friday repeated his order for security ...
Syria accused of 'crimes against humanity' Libya demands Niger stop Gaddafi ... - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
There were extremist elements who opposed the plan,” said a party member present at the conference who declined to give his name. The United States and neighbouring oil giant Saudi Arabia, wary that upheaval in Yemen could give al-Qaeda's local branch ...
Foreign workers stuck in Iraqi limbo - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
At least six of the workers have fallen sick from unsanitary conditions, according to a private security contractor who helps them but declined to give his name. Tens of thousands of foreign workers from around the world are toiling in post-war Iraq, ...
'3/4 of oil revenues going to its expenditures' CBK governor presents ... - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
The daily quoting a source said the committee shunned the idea of setting up a large team to avoid pushing the issue toward unnecessary elongated discussions and meetings. He said the committee believed the governor could present the right solution, ...
Kuwait Airways sale may not be a runway success - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
True, the government appears to have overcome one major problem to the airline's restructuring: it managed to convince the majority of Kuwait Airways' 2600 plus well-paid staff to retire, or take other government jobs, according to a person close to ...
Mobs storm US, French embassies - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
... chief briefed Yemen's vice president Monday on Washington's push for a swift transfer of power in the increasingly unstable nation, rattled by five months of anti-government protests and a growing threat from al-Qaeda, a government official said. ...
Hama to Assad: No talks Damascus seethes as US, French envoys visit embattled city - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
“We need to restore the capacity of the government to procure,” said one UN official who asked not to be named. “We are really looking to try to find a solution to this problem, which is the shortage of drugs.” The Libyan government is thought to have ...