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‘Amend laws on private universities, mixed education’Women’s rights in Kuwait — Page 3

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KUNA photoHis Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah withUnited Nations Resident Coordinator Dr Mubashar Riaz Sheikh at the

ceremony naming UN House after HH the Amir. — See Page 2

Pro-government forces loyal to Yemen’s exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadidrive armored vehicles in Marib province, east of the capital, Sanaa on Sept 8. (AFP)

Photo by Mahmoud JadeedTall buildings with modern architectural designs take root in the heart of Kuwait City, signifying continuation of the construction boom in the country.

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Kuwait, Saudi teamup on demarcation KUWAIT CITY, Sept 9: The State Minister forCabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohamed Al-Abdullahsaid Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabiawill negotiate with Iran as one team on thedemarcation of the joint marine borders amongthe three countries.

In a statement on the sidelines of the firstanniversary of the UN honoring of HH theAmir of Kuwait as a Humanitarian Leader,Sheikh Mohamed said Kuwait and SaudiArabia stood as one team to sign the agree-ment with Iran.

As regard recent developments in Al-Durrah oilfields and Kuwait’s protest againstthe initiative, Sheikh Mohamed declined tocomment on the issue pending the Kuwaiti-Iranian joint committee meeting at the end ofthe year headed by the Foreign Ministers ofthe two countries.

On the conflict between Kuwait and SaudiArabia at the joint oilfields (Khafji), he saidjoint committees are in charge of negotiationsand they are discussing precise details of theissue, and it will take time to come to a con-clusion.

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KUWAIT CITY: Minister of Finance AnasAl-Saleh issued a ministerial decision oblig-ing all financial institutions operating inKuwait to start applying directives related tothe Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act(FATCA) on all US citizens with bankaccounts in the country latest Dec 31, 2015,reports Al-Anba daily.

The decision obliges US companies havingat least KD 250,000 in their Kuwait accountwill pay tax as of June 2016. It also applies toholders of US citizenship in Kuwait havingone million dinars in their accounts.

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KUWAIT CITY: The world will witness apartial solar eclipse on Sept 13 and a totallunar eclipse on Sept 28, according to Kuwaitiastronomer Adel Al-Saadoun.

The solar eclipse will not be seen in Kuwait,as it will only be visible in South Africa andthe South Pole, Al-Saadoun told Kuwait NewsAgency (KUNA) on Wednesday.

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Other Voices

Syria from warm abode to cold evictorBy Ali Ahmed Al-BaghliFormer Minister of Oil

SYRIA was part of the great Ottoman Empire from1516 until around 1916. It has been under the gov-ernance of various Arab governments up to thisday, despite the role played by the Ottoman Empireand the governments that followed in terms of shel-ters found in Syria. Nevertheless, the most impor-tant role was that of the Syrians who alwaysopened their country for immigrants.■ Bosniak migrants after the Austria-Serb mas-sacre in 1699■ Ibrahim Basha’s Egyptian soldiers in 1839■ Druze and Christian refugees from Lebanon dur-

ing the 1860 war■ Circassian, Chechnyan and Dagestan refugees in1860, after the Russian occupation■ Migrants from Kosovo, Albania after the Serbianoccupation in 1912■ Armenian refugees from Turkey in 1914■ Migrants from Albania in 1922, the transforma-tion into secularism■ Kurdish migrants from Turkey in 1933 due to thenew secular regime■ Turkish refugees due to new secular regime inTurkey and annexation of Alexandria Commandwith Turkey in 1939■ Palestinian refugees in the 1948 Palestinian exo-

dus war■ Palestinian refugees duringthe six days war in 1967■ Refugees from Lebanon inthe civil war since 1975■ Refugees from Lebanon in1996, Qana massacre■ Iraqi refugees during theUS occupation in 2003 ■ Lebanese refugees duringthe war between Israel andHezbollah in 2006Al-Baghli

SPEAKER PREVIEWS TALKS IN WIDE-RANGING PRESS CONFERENCE

No decree onsecurity pact

‘Unity key’

By Abubakar A. Ibrahim Arab Times Staff

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 9:“We have to rally behindthe political leadershipbecause no State, organ-ization or party is abovethe interests of Kuwait,”says National AssemblySpeaker Marzouk Al-Ghanim.

In a press conferenceWednesday, Al-Ghanim dis-closed the Parliament willmeet the government onSunday to discuss issuesrelated to the Abdally terroristcell in the presence of HH thePrime Minister Sheikh JaberAl-Mubarak. He stressed theneed to reveal facts regardingthe case upon completion ofinvestigations and to identifyall those behind the cell,whether they are from Iran orthe Hezbollah.

He asserted statementsregarding the case should bewise and reasonable rather thanemotional and impulsive. Hesaid the regional situation iscomplicated so the statementsshould be in line with that ofthe political leadership and theexecutive branch. He stronglybelieves Kuwait will be morecohesive after overcoming thiscrisis and whoever wants todivide the nation will neversucceed. He affirmed all thelawmakers are committed inimplementing the directives ofHis Highness the Amir SheikhSabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah whom he met in Britainrecently, while stressing theneed to impose the harshestpunishment on anyone provenguilty.

He also clarified there is nonew development regarding theGCC security agreement whichwill not be issued through adecree of necessity. He said,“We will not accept an agree-ment or bill that is unconstitu-tional.” He added the parlia-mentary Legal and LegislativeCommittee is still studying theagreement.

On the claim of Iranian

Constitutionality testfor segregation law

By Jaber Al-HamoudAl-Seyassah Staff

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 9: The ConstitutionalCourt has adjourned to September 16 the chal-lenge submitted by Lawyer Hussain Al-Asfouron the constitutionality of the segregation law,which is applied in the educational institutionsin Kuwait.

Lawyer Al-Asfour clarified that he submittedthe challenge to the Constitutional Court todetermine if the segregation law is constitu-tional or not, affirming, “If we do not deal withthis law, it will turn the public opinion into acontinuous argument in this regard, which waswhy we decided to challenge the constitution-ality of the law”.

He revealed that the Constitutional Court didnot allow individuals to file cases directly withit for last two decades. However, due tochanges in the relevant laws, every individualnow has the right to file cases directly with theConstitutional Court after paying KD 5,000 asfees.

Lawyer Al-Asfour stressed that the cancella-tion of the segregation law will help the coun-try save about $2 billion, which is the cost of

Egypt deploys 800 troops to YemenIndians in boats bombed

SANAA, Sept 9, (Agencies): As many as 800 Egyptiansoldiers arrived in Yemen late on Tuesday, Egyptiansecurity sources said, swelling the ranks of a Gulf Arabmilitary contingent which aims to rout the Iran-alliedHouthi group after a five-month civil war.

It was the first reported deployment of ground troopsthere by Egypt, which has one of the Arab world’sstrongest armies.

A coalition led by Saudi Arabia has scored majorgains against the militia and its allies in Yemen’s army,backing a push by Yemeni fighters to seize much of thecountry’s south and now setting its sights on theHouthi-controlled capital Sanaa.

Four Egyptian units of between 150 to 200 troopsalong with tanks and transport vehicles arrived inYemen late on Tuesday, two Egyptian security sourcessaid.

“We have sent these forces as part of Egypt’s promi-nent role in this alliance ... the alliance fights for thesake of our brotherly Arab states, and the death of anyEgyptian soldier would be an honour and consideredmartyrdom for the sake of innocent people,” a seniorEgyptian military source said.

Yemeni officials put the number of foreign troopsfrom Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatarat least around 2,000, while Qatari-owned Al JazeeraTV said at least 10,000 foreign soldiers had arrived,including 1,000 from the emirate.

‘N-deal only’TEHRAN, Sept 9, (Agencies):Iran’s supreme leader AyatollahAli Khamenei said Wednesdaythat he would not permit nego-tiations with the United Statesbeyond those that culminatedin a nuclear deal with worldpowers in July.

“We allowed negotiationwith the US only on the nuclearissue for certain reasons,”Khamenei said in a speech. “Inother areas we did not and willnot allow negotiations with theUS.”

Khamenei charged thatWashington only sought talkson a broader range of issues in

Hard force against IS: UKLONDON, Sept 9, (Agencies):British Prime Minister DavidCameroon on Wednesday said thathis country will have to use “hardmilitary force” in Syria to defeatthe Islamic State in Iraq and theLevant (ISIL) and secure peace,ridding the country of the terroristgroup and the Syrian regime.

Cameron made the remarks dur-ing his first Questions since thesummer recess.

The Prime Minister said thatonly so much could be done withaid spending and taking in refugeesto solve instability in the country.

“We can do all we can as themoral, humanitarian nation at tak-ing people and spending money onaid and helping in refugee camps,”Cameron said.

“But we have to be part of theinternational alliance that says weneed an approach in Syria which willmean we have a government that canlook after its people.” He stressedthat “(Syria President Bashar) Assadhas to go, ISIL has to go and some ofthat will require not just spending

money, not just aid, not just diplo-macy, but it will on occasion requirehard military force.” Cameron notedthat the “eastern Mediterranean cri-sis is because Assad has butcheredhis own people and because ISILhave in their own way butcheredothers, and millions have fledSyria.” Meanwhile, the PrimeMinister defended the plan to thathis country would receive 20,000Syrian refugees till 2020. They willcome from refugees in Syria neigh-boring states.

For Cameron, it is better for therefugees to remain in neighboringstates like Turkey and Jordan, tomake it easy for them to returnhome when the crisis ends.

Britain has offered more than 1billion Sterling to the Syrian refugeesand governments of neighboringstates that received millions of them.

Meanwhile, France carried outsurveillance flights over Syria for asecond day on Wednesday as it pre-pares for possible attacks on

Hope for quick clinical trials

Implant captures cancer cellsPARIS, Sept 9, (AFP): Scientists in the United States said Tuesdaythey had created a tiny implant which, in mice for now, capturescancer cells spreading through the body.

Cells moving from the original cancer site to infect other organsin a stealthy process called metastasis are usually detected too lateto save a patient’s life.

The early detection of circulating tumour cells, or CTCs, in thebloodstream can speed up diagnosis and life-saving treatment.

But these wandering cancer cells travel in very small numbers,often for long periods of time, before settling in a new site, and arethus very hard to spot.

The study, published in the journal Nature Communication, sug-gests that capturing CTCs would prevent their spread and help halt

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