Word: al-sabah
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Under martial law declared after the Gulf War, there is no higher court of appeal. But Crown Prince Saad Abdullah Al-Sabah, the martial law governor, must review all sentences...
...effort to quiet carping about its inadequacies, the government resigned last month. A new Cabinet was announced last weekend, keeping Crown Prince Sheik Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah as Prime Minister but changing many of the other positions. One palace insider says the new lineup has "fewer weaknesses but also fewer strong personalities...
...interests section in Damascus. When Washington wanted a presence in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, Gnehm was selected. When the sensitive issue of reflagging Kuwaiti oil tankers arose during the Iran-Iraq war, Gnehm was a key negotiator. "He is unassuming and unflappable," says Ali al- Khalifa al-Sabah, Kuwait's Finance Minister, "exactly the kind of guy to deal with Arabs like...
Many Kuwaitis, including those who served in the resistance, believe that voting rights must be expanded. In addition, says Hamad al-Towgari, 34, a San Jose State University graduate who owns the Kuwait Plaza Hotel, the "real issue is what powers any parliament has. We want to be modern. We want something closer to a constitutional monarchy, something closer to the British ; system." Says Ali Salem, a member of the ruling al-Sabah family: "The oligarchy must give...
Saudi Arabia's King Fahd and Kuwait's Emir Jaber al-Sabah would be deeply distressed to find democracy and Palestine in their backyard. But they could do nothing about it. Other countries with a basic interest in the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, especially Syria and Egypt, would privately applaud Hussein...