Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait (, Dawlat al-Kuwayt) is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia.
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The IOC says Kuwaiti athletes can compete under the Olympic flag at the London Games.
Kuwait's Olympic committee has been suspended by the IOC since 2010 because of government interference.Pere Miro, the IOC's director of relations with national Olympic committees, tells The Associated Press that the IOC executive board resolved the matter Thursday.If Kuwait remains suspended, the athletes will compete as "independent Olympic athletes" and march in London's opening ceremony under the Olympic flag. Miro says Kuwait has eight athletes who have qualified for London.In 2000, athletes from East Timor competed under the Olympic flag at the Sydney Games....The U.N.'s top human rights body will hold a special session Friday on the deteriorating situation in Syria and last week's massacre of more than 100 Syrian villager...
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Iraqi fishermen killed a Kuwaiti coast guard officer during a shootout in one of the more serious incidents between the neighboring countries in years, Iraqi officia...
Kuwait's parliament speaker has suspended sessions after a fight broke out among Sunni and Shiite lawmakers during a debate about Kuwaitis being held at Guantanamo B...
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