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Kuwait appoints new electricity minister - Politics & Economics - ArabianBusiness.com
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Ahmad Khaled Ahmad Al Jassar has been appointed as Kuwait’s electricity minister days after the former minister stepped down over a black-out.
The former Kuwait Petroleum Corporation board member was sworn in at the Bayan Palace in front of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah and Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarak Al Hamad Al Sabah.
Abdulaziz Al Ibrahim resigned from the post last week, a month after a widespread power cut hit the Gulf state, although that was not formally given as the reason for his stepping down.
Kuwait experienced a widespread power outage on February 11. At the time, Ibrahim had attributed the outage to a technical failure at a power station.

#Michel_Aoun: The last strong presidential candidate
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Lebanese President #Michel_Suleiman (L) attends the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on March 25, 2014. His term expires at the end of May, with Michel Aoun looking to succeed him. (Photo: AFP-Yasser al-Zayyat) Lebanese President Michel Suleiman (L) attends the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on March 25, 2014. His term expires at the end of May, with Michel Aoun looking to succeed him. (Photo: AFP-Yasser al-Zayyat)

We will not have another presidential election like this one. Since 1990, people have hoped that a strong president would return to the Baabda presidential palace to create a balance between Christian, Sunni, and Shia influence in the government. (...)

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#ESCWA’s proposal for Arab integration undermined by #Israel
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Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L), Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (C) and Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi (R) attend the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on March 25, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Yasser al-Zayyat) Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L), Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (C) and Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi (R) attend the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on March 25, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Yasser al-Zayyat)

Over the course of the week, the #UN's Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia’s (ESCWA) report, titled “Arab Integration: A 21st Century Imperative,” has been overshadowed (...)

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PA presidency: Can Dahlan beat Abbas?
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Palestinian President #Mahmoud_Abbas attend the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on March 26, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Yasser al-Zayyat) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on March 26, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Yasser al-Zayyat)

The #Palestinian_National_Authority's (PNA) internal disputes became local news in Lebanon following the assassination of #Fatah-linked al-Awda Brigade’s commander Ahmed Rashid and his two brothers by Ansarullah, a group led by Jamal Suleiman who is close to Hezbollah. However, Fatah remained calm, unlike other occasions when its leaders are merely threatened.

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#Hezbollah : No dialogue with “former” #President_Michel_Suleiman
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Lebanese President Michel Suleiman (L) attends the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on March 25, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Yasser al-Zayyat) Lebanese President Michel Suleiman (L) attends the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on March 25, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Yasser al-Zayyat)

For the first time ever, the Resistance will be absent from the national dialogue table, which was invented solely to discuss #Lebanon’s defense and resistance strategy. Its absence, however, is not meant to evade important discussions, but is rather temporary, pending the election of a new president.

Wafiq Qanso

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#Arab_Summit rejects Israel as a “Jewish state”
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Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas attend the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in #Kuwait City on March 26, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Yasser al-Zayyat) Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas attend the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on March 26, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Yasser al-Zayyat)

Arab leaders fully back a Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, a final Arab summit statement said Wednesday. The gathering of mostly western-backed monarchs also called for a “political solution” to the conflict in #syria, although the Syrian opposition and Saudi Arabia had asked for arms to tip the balance of power in favor of the rebels. "We express our total rejection of the (...)

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#Russia says UN #Syria_Aid resolution possible in days
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends the Gulf-Russian strategic dialogue at the Bayan Palace in Kuwait City on February 19,2014. (Photo: AFP - Yasser al-Zayyat) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends the Gulf-Russian strategic dialogue at the Bayan Palace in Kuwait City on February 19,2014. (Photo: AFP - Yasser al-Zayyat)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday a #UN_Resolution on humanitarian aid access in Syria could be agreed in days if Security Council members do not try to “politicize” the issue, Interfax news agency reported. Moscow criticized a Western-Arab draft resolution and proposed its own text as well as another one that would condemn acts of “terrorism” in civil war-torn (...)

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