http://www.gcclub.org ÎÏãÉ rss ÇÍÏì ÎÏãÇÊ Gulf Cultural Club InnoPortal 2008-11-21 Gulf Daily News: A call for tougher legislation to combat corruption went out from Shura Council members and MPs yesterday. They want to fast-track prosecution of those involved, with penalties that match the severity of the crime. The call came as a National Assembly delegation returned from Kuwait yesterday, after taking part in the three-day International Parliamentarians Conference Against Corruption. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2311 2008-11-21 Reuters: Members of Kuwait's parliament have asked to meet with the country’s ruler to avert a political crisis that may prompt him to dissolve the assembly, a deputy said yesterday. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2310 2008-11-21 AFP: Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband praised Saudi efforts to help broker a Middle East peace deal Thursday, after talks with Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal in London. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2309 2008-11-21 AFP: The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to $ 300bn to help it curb the global financial meltdown, Kuwait’s daily Al-Seyassah reported yesterday. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2308 2008-11-20 Khaleej Times: The government plans a SR1.4 billion project to have permanent fireproof tents at Arafat for the Haj pilgrims, according to Habeeb Zainul Abideen, undersecretary at the ministry of municipal and rural affairs. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2307 2008-11-20 Gulf Times: GCC Labour and Social Affairs Ministers held their 25th meeting here yesterday. The meeting was chaired by HE the Minister of Social Affairs Nasser bin Abdullah al-Humaidi. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2306 2008-11-20 Khaleej Times: Bahrain has dismissed news published in Kuwaiti newspapers about the arrest of Bahraini officer there in fraud case. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2305 2008-11-20 Talks underway with pirates to free Saudi super-tanker AFP:The Saudi owners of the Sirius Star are in negotiations with Somali pirates who have demanded a ransom for the super-tanker laden with 100 million dollars of oil they hijacked at the weekend. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2304 2008-11-20 AFP: Kuwaiti MPs on Wednesday blamed alleged squabbles in the ruling Al-Sabah family for the chronic political crises that have plagued the Gulf state in the past decade, paralysing development. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2303 2008-11-20 Kuwait Times: Kuwait's top banking lobby urged the government to buy up to 10 percent of the shares in its leading share index through a bailout fund, in a move worth $ 12.83 billion, a top banker said yesterday. The move comes a day after Kuwait asked its sovereign wealth fund, Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), to set up a fund to invest in the battered bourse and shore up confidence. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2302 2008-11-18 AFP A Bahraini prince took the King of Pop to court Monday in a seven-million-dollar breach of contract lawsuit, demanding the repayment of several advances which the artist has argued were gifts. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2301 2008-11-18 The Peninsula: The Doha Debates at Qatar Foundation yesterday saw a free discussion on the human rights issue in the Gulf, with a majority of the participants expressing the view that the rights of nationals as well as the migrant work force are not properly protected by the governments in the region. The motion “This House believes that Gulf Arabs value profit over people” was carried with 75 percent votes,. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2300 2008-11-18 AFP: Pirates have seized control of the Saudi-owned super tanker Sirius Star off the east coast of Africa and are taking it towards a Somali port, the US Navy said on Monday. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2299 2008-11-18 Khaleej Times: His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has emphasised the importance of legislation to ensure the strength of the country’s economy. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2298 2008-11-18 Saudi Gazette: The Council of Ministers said on Wednesday that international opinion was unanimous on the principles of tolerance and moderation advocated by King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, in his speech last week to United Nations General Assembly interfaith conference. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=2297