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Kuwaiti Justice, Education and Higher Education Minister Ahmad Al-Mulaifi talks to a reporter after touring a polling station in Kuwait City during the Feb. 2 , 2012 parliamentary elections. The minister told reporters that he was confident that the voting process would run smoothly. "Our democracy is an open book for all," the minister was quoted as saying by local media. A total of 400,296 Kuwaiti men and women are eligible to vote to choose from among some 285 candidates, including more than 20 women candidates, for a new 50-seat parliament.
Captain Emily Regennitter of the engineer brigade to the US Army's 3rd Infantry division checks out a control room for hidden cameras in a secret section of a VVIP building near Baghdad's International airport as the US Army's 3rd Infantry division start to attack a presidental palace and the south eastern parts of Iraq's capital early morning April 7, 2003. More and more US forces from the 3rd Infantry division push into Iraq's capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Dr. Mohammed al-Rumaihi, a political analyst ,writer and media figure (sitting on left) addressing the audience, as moderator Yousef Abdel-Hamid Al-Jassim, a TV presenter and Chief Executive Officer of Six by Six Multimedia Services Co., (sitting on right) listens on during a Jan. 24 seminar in Kuwait City organized by the Ministry of Information to highlight Kuwait's long tradition of democracy in the run up to parliamentary elections early next month. More than 400,000 Kuwaitis are scheduled to cast their ballots Feb. 2, 2012 to elect a new 50-member National Assembly (parliament). د محمد الرميحي، المحلل السياسي والكاتب والوجه الإعلامى المعروف (جالساً إلى اليسار) مخاطباً الحضور، في حين يصغى منسق المناقشة يوسف عبد الحميد الجاسم، المذيع التليفزيوني ومدير المكتب التنفيذي لشركة خدمات وسائل الإعلام المتعددة ستة في ستة (جالساً إلى اليسار) أثناء منتدى عقد في الرابع والعشرين من يناير في مدينة الكويت نظمته وزارة الإعلام لإلقاء الضوء على التقليد الديمقراطي الطويل للكويت في إدارة الانتخابات البرلمانية التي ستجري أوائل الشهر القادم. وقد أدرج أكثر من 400.000 كويتي في قوائم الإنتخابات للإدلاء بأصواتهم في 2 فبراير 2012 لإختيار 50 عضواً جديداً لمجلس الأمة
Education Minister Ahmad Al-Mulaifi talks to journalists during a tour of the elections media center in Kuwait City on Jan. 25. More than 400,000 Kuwaiti men and women are eligible to vote in the Feb. 2, 2012 parliamentary elections to elect a new 50-member National Assembly (parliament). Approximately 320 candidates are in the running currently in the polls.
I was trying my camera's zoom (May her soul rest in peace LOL), It's not dead yet but I am still waiting for it to be fixed; it's taking forever.
Those are the huge spheres of Kuwait Towers; they are Kuwait's land marks.
The Kuwait Towers are three towers of reinforced concrete in Kuwait City. The main tower is 187 metres high and serves as a restaurant and water tower. It also has a Viewing Sphere which rises to 123 meters above sea level and completes a full round turn every 30 minutes.
Kuwait Oil Spill
Oil Spilled: 5.7 million barrels
Cost in 2010: $484.5 million
In the largest oil spill of all-time, the Kuwaiti oil spill during the Gulf War is estimated to be almost twice the size of the Ixotoc disaster. The spill came as a result of the invading Iraqi army intentionally opening oil pipelines and dumping crude from tankers, in order to deter US forces from landing in Kuwait via the Persian Gulf.
To stop the spill of oil, American airstrikes destroyed pipelines in order to prevent further spillage. However, a multinational study on the spill suggests that there was little long-term damage, with about 1 million barrels recovered and as much as 3 million barrels washing on shore in Saudi Arabia.
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Investors sit inside the Kuwait Stock Exchange buidling in the financial district of Kuwait City February 1, 2012. The market's weighted index closed virtually unchanged at 404.51 points on the day before parliamentary elections in which more than 400,000 Kuwaiti men and women are eligible to cast ballots to vote for a new 50-seat assembly. Photo taken by Jack Dabaghian for the Ministry of Information.
A Kuwaiti woman votes at a Kuwait City polling station in the February 2 parliamentary elections. A total of 400,296 Kuwaiti men and women are elligible to vote to choose from among some 285 candidates, including more than 20 women candidates, for a new 50-seat National Assembly (parliament).
Satellite image of Kuwait and adjacent bay.
Photo Credit: Jacques Descloitres, NASA | Wikimedia Commons
The Kuwait Towers are three towers of reinforced concrete in Kuwait City. The main tower is 187 metres high and serves as a restaurant and water tower. It also has a Viewing Sphere which rises to 123 meters above sea level and completes a full round turn every 30 minutes.
A member of the audience taking a picture with his mobile phone of a panel of speakers during a Jan. 22 seminar in Kuwait City entitled "Youth and Arab Political Movement" which was organized by the Ministry of Information and moderated by Yousef Abdel-Hamid Al-Jassim, a TV presenter and Chief Executive Officer of Six by Six Multimedia Services Co. The ministry is organizing several seminars that shed light on the Gulf Arab country and its democratic tradition in the run up to February 2, 2012 parliamentary elections.
أحد الحضور يلتقط بهاتفه النقال صورة المتحدثين في حلقة النقاش خلال الندوة المنعقدة في 22 يناير بمدينة الكويت تحت عنوان "الشباب والحركة السياسية العربية" التي نظمتها وزارة الإعلام وأدارها يوسف عبد حميد جاسم، مقدم برامج تلفزيونية والرئيس التنفيذي لشركة ستة من ستة لخدمات الوسائط المتعددة. وتقوم الوزارة بتنظيم العديد من الندوات لتسليط الضوء على التقاليد الديمقراطية في البلد العربي الخليجي خلال الفترة التي تسبق موعد الانتخابات النيابية في 2 فبراير 2012 والتي يجري فيها انتخاب 50 عضو لمجلس الأمة
Kuwaiti Justice, Education and Higher Education Minister Ahmad Al-Mulaifi selecting his favorite candidates during Kuwait's Feb. 2, 2012 parliamentary elections, in which about 285 candidates are running for a seat in the 50-member national assembly. The minister, who toured a number of polling stations in Kuwait, told reporters that he was confident that the voting process would run smoothly. A total of 400,296 Kuwaiti men and women are elligible to cast ballots in the elections. Photo taken by Jack Dabaghian for the Ministry of Information.
Kuwaits Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (R) and Kuwaiti parliament speaker Jassem Al Khorafi (L) during the opening of the new parliamentary term, in Kuwait City, 26 October 2010. Ahead of the new parliamentary term, MPs have threatened to grill the prime minister and several other ministers over an array of issues, including allegations of failure to implement laws and various violations. EPA/RAED QUTENA
I finished college in 1981 and had my first fulltime job. I taught as an elementary school teacher in Kuwait that fall. I went with a classmate from home and new friends who were new hires too. It was the first time we'd been overseas. The world seems like a much different place.
These images are rough due to the age of the photographs. Over time, I may do a bit of editing on these.
Investors sit beneath the electronic quotation boards inside the Kuwait Stock Exchange buidling in the financial district of Kuwait City February 1, 2012. The market's weighted index closed virtually unchanged at 404.51 points on the day before parliamentary elections in which more than 400,000 Kuwaiti men and women are eligible to cast ballots to vote for a new 50-seat assembly. Photo taken by Jack Dabaghian for the Ministry of Information.
M1A1 Abrams tank crews practice firing rounds at a target range early Sunday morning somewhere in the Kuwait desert near the Iraqi border. Photo by: David Leeson/The Dallas Morning News
HH the Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah waves to the crowd inside the National Assembly in Kuwait City Feb. 15, 2012, at the conclusion of the inauguration ceremony of the new parliamentary term. HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah stands beside (R of picture). Kuwaitis voted Feb. 2 for a new 50-member legislature.
Dr. Mohammed al-Rumaihi, a political analyst, writer and media figure (standing on left) addressing members of the audience, as moderator Yousef Abdel-Hamid Al-Jassim, a TV presenter and Chief Executive Officer of Six by Six Multimedia Services Co., listens on following a Jan. 24 seminar in Kuwait City organized by the Ministry of Information to highlight Kuwait's long tradition of democracy in the run up to parliamentary elections early next month. More than 400,000 Kuwaitis are scheduled to cast their ballots Feb. 2, 2012 to elect a new 50-member National Assembly (parliament). د.محمد الرميحي، المحلل السياسي والكاتب والوجه الإعلامي المعروف (واقفا إلى اليسار) مخاطباً نفر من الحضور في حين يتابع الحديث منسق المنتدي يوسف عبد الحميد الجاسم، المذيع التليفزيوني ومدير المكتب التنفيذي لشركة خدمات وسائل الإعلام المتعددة ستة في ستة وذلك في المنتدي الذي عقد يوم 24 يناير في مدينة الكويت ونظمته وزارة الإعلام لإلقاء الضوء على التقليد الديمقراطي الطويل للكويت في إدارة الإنتخابات البرلمانية أوائل الشهر القادم. وقد أدرج أكثر من 400.000 كويتي في قوائم الإنتخابات للإدلاء بأصواتهم في انتخابات 2 فبراير 2012 لإختيار 50 عضواً جديداً لمجلس الأمة
An US Army soldier of the 130th engineer brigade checks if the watersystem of his respirator works fine during a two hour respirator drill at "Camp Virginia" in the dessert outside Kuwait City, March 9, 2003. U.S. and British warplanes, sharply increasing patrols over southern Iraq ahead of a looming war. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach