Kuwait

The New Workers Uniting Union Means Global Solidarity

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Uk, Multinational Corporations, Titanium Metals Corp., Economy, Alcoa, Workers Uniting, International Paper, Amicus Section, China, Georgia Pacific, Dick Cheney, Kimberly Clark, Unite the Union, Don Imus, Derek Simpson, Ireland, Dubai, Corporate Globalization, Halliburton, United Steelworkers, Justice Department, Las Vegas, Kuwait, Ceo, Global Union, Securities and Exchange Commission, Alcan, Timet, Pilkington, Rexam, Kbr, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Global corporations have set up a situation in which they are herding workers in a stampede to the bottom. So we created the first global union to face off unregulated multinational corporations.

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Gingrich Mounts Campaign to 'Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less'

David Roberts | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Newt Gingrich, Oil Market, Gas Prices, Oil Drilling, Saudi Arabia, Green, Alaska Oil, Kuwait, Republicans, Anwr, Politics News
David Roberts

The U.S. cannot affect oil or gasoline prices in any significant way by drilling more oil. Full stop. Gingrich is knowingly lying to people (and taking their money).

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Identification of ex-Guantanamo Suicide Bomber Unleashes Pentagon Propaganda

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abdullah Al-Ajmi, Kuwait, Mullah Shahzada, Suicide Bombers, Robert Gates, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Taliban, Abdullah Mehsud, Iraq, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The news of al-Ajmi's suicide bombing has prompted Robert Gates to wheel out some long-discredited statistics about the number of prisoners who've allegedly "returned to the battlefield."

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3 US soldiers killed in vehicle accidents in Iraq, Kuwait

AP | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq War, Kuwait, US Soldiers, US Troops, Us Soldiers Died, Us Troops Died, Us Soldiers Killed Iraq, Us Troops Killed Iraq, Politics News

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says two of its soldiers in Iraq died when their vehicle rolled onto its side north of Baghdad. A third American so...

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Democrats Should Create a 'U.S. Common Wealth Fund' to Challenge Republican Business Hegemony

Max Keiser | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Diebold, Norway, Singapore, Ma Bell, Caci, Progressives, Soveign Wealth Funds, Att, Kuwait, Haliburton, Titan, Business News
Max Keiser

The problem with the 'left' in America is that they don't want to play the game any more. They refuse to accept the fact that democracy in America ha...

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Hurry Up, and Kuwait!

Seth Herzog | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media

Read More: War in Iraq, Comedy Show, Kuwait, Uso Tour, Media News
Seth Herzog

The Arifjan Base feels most like a modern desert college campus (think Arizona State), but one where everyone is a jock.

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Maliki Asks Iran to Get al-Sadr to Ceasefire -- And John McCain Declares "Victory!"

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Shia, Kuwait, John McCain, Al-Maliki, Saudi Arabia, Al-Qaeda, Iraq War, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Debacle, Sunni, Politics News
Paul Abrams

This is the sad, tragic truth of the entire Iraq debacle: People who have no idea what they are talking about making policy.

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Inside Saddam's Files: Little Evidence Of Plot To Kill George H.W. Bush

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 03.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kuwait, Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Intelligence, IIS George H.W. Bush, Kuwait IIS, Iraq Intelligence, Iraq, Iraq George H.W. Bush, Iis, Politics News

President Bush said lots of things about Saddam Hussein in the run-up to the Iraq War. But few of his charges grabbed more attention than an unscripte...

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Simpson to Perform at Concert for Troops

AP | Posted 02.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Jessica Simpson, Jessica Simpson Kuwait, Kuwait, Carlos Mencia, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Jessica Simpson will join rock act Disturbed and comedian Carlos Mencia in Kuwait during a concert for U.S troops next month. The eve...

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Unknown Entity Backs Suit To Expose U.S.-Kuwait Pact

New York Sun | Josh Gerstein | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Iraq, War in Iraq, Kuwait, Kuwait Investment Authority, Politics News

An unidentified entity is backing a new lawsuit to expose America's secret defense pact with the Emirate of Kuwait. The suit, filed in federal court ...

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How to Cover a Hijacking: What They Didn't Teach Me in J-School

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 02.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Hezbollah, Hijacking, Imad Mughnieh, Kuwait, Journalism, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

The suspense was nerve-wracking and the seconds felt like years. Lives were at stake and the world was watching and hanging on our (reporters') every word.

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US Announces Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia

Associated Press | MATTHEW LEE and ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Saudi Arabia Al-Qaida, Warwire, War on Terror, Saudi Arabia, George W. Bush, Bush Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Arms Sale, Tom Lantos, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Politics News

The Democratic-led Congress is unlikely to block U.S. plans to sell $123 million worth of sophisticated precision-guided bomb technology to Saudi Arab...

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Troubled Citigroup Seeking Cash Infusion From China, Kuwait

New York Times | ERIC DASH and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 01.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Chinese Bank, Citigroup, Kuwait, China, Citigroup Profits, Citibank, Business News

Citigroup is turning to cash-rich foreign investors for a second time as it confronts mounting losses on mortgage-related investments. The financial ...

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Oil Prices Fall On OPEC Talk Of Output Hike

AFP | Posted 11.12.2007 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Crude Oil Prices, Opec, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Business News

Oil prices fell Monday after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait hinted of an OPEC output hike ahead of the cartel's meeting this weekend and investors continued ...

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Sovereign Wealth Funds And The Price Of Oil

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.01.2007 | Business

Read More: Russia, Group of Seven, Sovereign Wealth Funds, SEC Chairman Cox, Uae, Crude Oil Prices, Saudi Arabia, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Oil Prices, Oil Money, Countries Rich in Oil, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

The rise of sovereign-wealth funds and the trillions of dollars accumulated by Asian exporters and petroleum producers is prompting growing anxieties around the world.

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Ahmadinejad and Bush: A Match Made In Hell

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 09.25.2007 | Media

Read More: Iran, Iraq, Terrorism, Bush, Kuwait, Ahmadinejad UN, Ahmadinejad Columbia, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Media News
Blake Fleetwood

For the Republicans to have any shot at the Presidential election, they need a boogeyman with a big bomb - someone who can scare the bejesus out of th...

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