http://www.unimondo.org/article/country/414/ it_IT Unimondo - Kuwait Kuwait Outcry Helps Secure Release of Kuwaiti Blogger http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79968 OneWorld was among many news sites and blogs to highlight the detention of Kuwaiti blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh this week. Now they're reporting on his release. Kuwaitis Enraged by Blogger’s Arrest http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79905 Roughly a month after the trial of an Egyptian blogger, the detention of Kuwaiti journalist and blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh has elicited strong criticism from Kuwaitis who assert that the government has violated the national constitution. Kuwaiti women vote for the first time http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71356 Kuwaiti women have voted for the first time, going to the polls to choose a local council member in the district of Salmiya. Kuwait invests in advanced broadband fibre network http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/117700/1/ Kuwait's State Ministry of Communications (MOC) is buying a gigabit passive optical network (GPON) solution that will serve about 60 per cent of the access areas involved in the present roll-out. Iraqi Ports Blocked, Polluted by Hundreds of Shipwrecks http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/95499/1/ KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait, October 6, 2004 (ENS) - Access to Iraq's two deepwater seaports is blocked and the marine environment of the entire northern Persian Gulf is threatened by hundreds of sunken ships that were wrecked in wars over the past 25 years, according to a detailed new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Kuwait e Arabia Saudita: atteso il diritto di voto alle donne http://www.unimondo.org/article/view/86536/1/ Nei giorni scorsi l'ambasciata saudita di Londra comunicava la possibilità per le donne di poter votare alle elezioni municipali di ottobre. E il governo del Kuwait ha recentemente presentato un disegno di legge per consentire alle donne diritto di voto nelle elezioni parlamentari. "Fino a quando il Parlamento non approverà la legge è inutile entusiasmarsi" - nota in un'intervista a Peace Reporter Loluwa al-Mulla, presidente della Società Culturale e Sociale delle Donne del Kuwait. Nel 1999 il Kuwaitiin palanneet pakistanilaiset jääneet ilman YK:n korvauksia http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/53915 Tuhannet pakistanilaiset, jotka joutuivat pakolaisiksi Irakin hyökättyä Kuwaitiin vuonna 1990, eivät vieläkään ole saaneet luvattuja korvauksia YK:lta projektin huonon johtamisen ja vitkastelun vuoksi. Korvaushakemusten esittämisen takarajaksi asetettiin joulukuu 1995, mikä ihmisoikeusasianajajan mukaan tarkoittaa lähes samaa kuin että oikeus korvaukseen olisi evätty kokonaan. Sodan uhka raastaa myös ulkomaalaisia Persianlahden maissa http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/33916 Irakin sodan uhka synkistää tunnelmaa Persianlahden öljyvaltioissa, joiden asukkaista karkeasti puolet on ulkomaista vierastyövoimaa. Jäädäkö vai lähteä, moni ulkomaalainen tuskailee nyt. Kenties kaikkein huolestuttavimmaksi tilanne koetaan Kuwaitissa, jonka Irak miehitti 1990. Miehitys kesti seitsemän kuukautta, kunnes Yhdysvaltain johtama liittouma puuttui asiaan. Iraq war - heading for another environmental disaster? http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/29352 Amid what appear to be accelerating preparations for a new conflict with Iraq, Jonathan Lash looks back at the environmental consequences of the 1991 Gulf War and finds a disaster. The Environment: Another Casualty of War on Iraq http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/29352 The environmental consequences of a war against Iraq could be worse than the last time, when croplands were destroyed, plants, animals and freshwater were poisoned and oil on tarred beaches killed nearly 25,000 birds, warns World Resources Institute President Jonathan Lash. Environment 'a casualty of war' http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/32578 Jonathan Lash says the environmental consequences of the 1991 Gulf War were disastrous. Forced closure of Al-Jazeera's Kuwait bureau criticised http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/29822 The suspension of the Al-Jazeera broadcasting network's Kuwait bureau by the Kuwait government was condemned by an international media watchdog yesterday. Support grows for Muslim science fund http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/93 Kuwait and Bahrain have become the latest countries to voice support for the creation of an international fund to promote science and technology in the Muslim World. Pienet arabimaat eivät voi käydä Israelin kimppuun http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/25560 Monen Lähi-idän arabimaan kansalaiset vaativat yhä äänekkäämmin sotilaallisia toimia Israelia vastaan, mutta ajatus on mahdoton kyseisten maiden hallituksille. Syynä on asiantuntijoiden mukaan se, että ne ovat sekä sotilaallisesti että taloudellisesti Yhdysvaltain tiukassa otteessa. Pieces for peace in Israel and Palestine http://www.learningchannel.org/link/gotolink/addhit/41938 More than 150 Palestinian and Israeli youth have met over the last three years to create giant mosaic that will be placed in a park on the Israel-Palestine border. The mosaic symbolises a fear-free future and may well become a meeting place for the peoples of the region and the world.