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Kuwait's Leader Has Died
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The leader of kuwait has died aged 77, following brain hemorrhage in September 2001, mourning has begun.
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State television broadcast verses of the Koran after the announcement.
The emir was the 13th ruler of a 245-year-old dynasty that has ruled Kuwait since the Anaiza tribe, to which the al-Sabahs belonged, migrated from the Arabian hinterland.
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in neighbouring Iraq in 2003 and United States calls for change in the Middle East, the ruling family had come under intense pressure from Islamists and pro-Western liberals to loosen its grip on the government and share power.
Kuwait, a founder OPEC member, enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, despite its reliance on oil exports, unpredictable oil income and huge losses from the 1990-1991 Iraq occupation.
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dnaindia.com...
State television broadcast verses of the Koran after the announcement.
The emir was the 13th ruler of a 245-year-old dynasty that has ruled Kuwait since the Anaiza tribe, to which the al-Sabahs belonged, migrated from the Arabian hinterland.
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in neighbouring Iraq in 2003 and United States calls for change in the Middle East, the ruling family had come under intense pressure from Islamists and pro-Western liberals to loosen its grip on the government and share power.
Kuwait, a founder OPEC member, enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, despite its reliance on oil exports, unpredictable oil income and huge losses from the 1990-1991 Iraq occupation.
www.abc.net.au...
news.bbc.co.uk...
Please visit the link provided for the complete story.
The leader of oil rich nation Kuwait has died, he lead the Dynasty during the Iraqi invasion in 1991. This can only add to the instability of the region, and will impact mondays oil prices.
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