Kuwaitis go to the polls, economy tops agenda
reuters.com     May 17, 2008            

By Ulf Laessing KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaitis voted in a parliamentary election on Saturday that they hoped would bring in fresh faces able to revive economic reforms to wean the country off its dependence on oil. Some 275 candidates are running for the 50-seat National Assembly, among them 27... [read full story]                    


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