Kuwaiti newspapers float previously taboo idea of easing hostility toward Israel as way to help Palestinians, shift that would end decades-old isolation strategy by country that considers itself standard-bearer for Palestinian cause; one editorial suggests leaving Palestinian cause to Palestinians (M)…
Generous offers of aid for Hurricane Katrina victims are pouring in from scores of nations, but United States is unprepared to receive it; State Department has asked countries offering equipment to provide cash or ready-to-eat meals instead, adding to puzzlement of many nations; all told, State Department says it has received donations from 49 nations or international organizations, including $428 million in cash, bulk of which is from Kuwait, Qatar and United Arab Emirates (M)…
Kuwait appointed a woman to its cabinetjust a month after women won the right to vote.
The vote came just two weeks after the Parliament had thwarted a measure allowing women to take part in city council elections.
Conservative lawmakers effectively killed a measure that would have allowed women to vote in city council elections for the first time.
Kuwait' s emir dissolved the country' s Parliament on Sunday, ending a battle over redistricting that threatened to cause a governmental crisis.
A Kuwaiti court ordered the release on bail of five Kuwaitis who were returned to Kuwait in November after spending three years in the Guantánamo Bay detention center in Cuba.
Kuwait' s ailing emir is to be replaced by the current prime minister, Sheik Sabah Ahmad al-Sabah, officials said.
The Kuwaiti cabinet began proceedings to transfer power from its newly appointed emir, who is ailing, to the prime minister.
The crown prince of Kuwait, elevated to the post of emir after the country' s longtime leader died Sunday, is believed to be 76 and is in ill health.