Word: al-sabah
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...Kuwait, Oil Minister Sheik Ali Khalifa al-Sabah declared a price increase of 9.3%, retroactive to Feb. 20. He blamed the decision on what he called price profiteering by oil companies, implying that if Big Oil was somehow ripping off the public, Kuwait was going to get in on that game...
...country has one of the world's highest traffic-accident rates. Last week, the tiny Persian Gulf sheikdom, whose fabled oil brings it some $750,000,000 in annual royalties, held the second parliamentary election in its history. Everyone knew that Kuwait was ruled by Sheik Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 51, who became the Amir when his brother died a little over a year ago. Nevertheless, there was plenty of politicking for seats in the 50-member Parliament, which has little real power but confers upon those who sit in it great prestige and, it is widely suspected...