Read more Kuwait stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10765/kuwait.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:27:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67953/missing-picasso-found-in-iraq-probably-not.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraqi security forces have secured a purported Pablo Picasso painting believed stolen from a Kuwaiti museum during the 1990 invasion, the Times of London reports. Only it’s probably not a Picasso. “It bears absolutely no relation to any Picasso that I can think of,” says one expert. Iraqi forces obtained...http://www.newser.com/story/67953/missing-picasso-found-in-iraq-probably-not.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 15:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67080/kuwait-wedding-fire-linked-to-grooms-ex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe fire that engulfed a wedding tent in Kuwait and killed 43 women and children in less than 3 minutes was set by the groom's ex-wife, local media reported today. A government spokesman confirmed that the arsonist has confessed, according to the AP, but offered no further details. The incident...http://www.newser.com/story/67080/kuwait-wedding-fire-linked-to-grooms-ex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Aug 2009 6:17:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67026/41-women-kids-die-in-kuwait-wedding-blaze.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA fire at a wedding near Kuwait City claimed the lives of 35 women and six children today, the BBC reports. Another 60 women and children were also injured as a tent holding the wedding caught fire and caved in over the course of just 3 minutes, causing a brutal...http://www.newser.com/story/67026/41-women-kids-die-in-kuwait-wedding-blaze.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Aug 2009 12:34:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59974/swine-flu-hits-us-troops-in-kuwait.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the first appearance of swine flu in the Gulf region, 18 American soldiers have tested positive for the disease, reports the BBC. All affected troops have left Kuwait and received medical attention. The soldiers at the military base—a logistics outpost for troops serving in Iraq—did not come...http://www.newser.com/story/59974/swine-flu-hits-us-troops-in-kuwait.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 May 2009 5:26:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59246/kuwait-elects-first-women-to-parliament.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKuwaitis have elected the first women ever to become members of Parliament, reports the BBC. US-educated Aseel al-Awadhi and Rola Dashti won seats in regional votes. Former Health Minister Massouma al-Mubarak, who was the first Kuwaiti woman to be appointed to a ministerial post, and Salwa al-Jassar also secured seats....http://www.newser.com/story/59246/kuwait-elects-first-women-to-parliament.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 17 May 2009 5:30:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53475/troops-in-iraq-face-final-challenge-moving-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the US military reduces its presence in Iraq, it faces the logistical challenge of moving all the equipment it brought to the country during the nearly six-year war effort, the Los Angeles Times reports. Unlike personnel, much of the equipment used in Iraq will remain in the region, stored...http://www.newser.com/story/53475/troops-in-iraq-face-final-challenge-moving-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 12:43:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51325/cheap-oil-keeps-world-economy-off-balance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOil surged 13% yesterday in New York trading—and still closed at less than $40 a barrel, reports the Washington Post . Cheap oil has been a boon for consumers in the recession, but the collapse in crude prices has contributed to further havoc in international markets from Canada to Kuwait....http://www.newser.com/story/51325/cheap-oil-keeps-world-economy-off-balance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Feb 2009 5:18:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41000/even-oil-rich-gulf-states-hit-by-financial-storm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe financial crisis has finally struck the Persian Gulf—the one area of the world that had seemed immune—as a 50% plunge in oil prices since July and a raft of currency trades gone bad has led to the first bank bailout in the area. Kuwait’s central bank yesterday...http://www.newser.com/story/41000/even-oil-rich-gulf-states-hit-by-financial-storm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Oct 2008 9:51:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40360/baghdad-pup-going-home-to-his-sarge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA dog rescued from almost certain death by soldiers in Baghdad will be reunited with the US Army sergeant who adopted him. Military regulations had prevented Sgt. Gwen Beberg, 28, from sending the dog, Ratchet, to the US, but yesterday the SPCA was allowed to fly Ratchet to Kuwait on...http://www.newser.com/story/40360/baghdad-pup-going-home-to-his-sarge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Oct 2008 3:18:32 CDT