Kuwait Parliament Dissolved- Sources

Parliamentary sources confirmed today that Kuwait's parliament will be dissolved and new elections will be held on the 22nd of June, 2006.

Press Freedoms in Kuwait- 2006

I read in Al-Rai Al-Aam an article about Kuwait being ranked 1st Arab-wise, and 85th in the world, in terms of press freedoms. You can access all 153 pages of the Reporters Without Borders 2006 Report here.
Following are the two references to Kuwait in the report:

• "In Teodoro Obiang Nguema’s Equatorial Guinea no excuses need to be given for the desert for freedoms that the government runs. No-one talks about freedom of the press to the head of “Africa’s Kuwait”. - Never knew a Kuwait existed in Africa. Interesting twist! Quoted from page 4.
  
• The second reference is a map showing Kuwait on page 134.
• The ranking comes from the Worldwide Press Freedom Index. Kuwait ranks 85 out of 167 countries. Last place went to North Korea. To put it in context, in the same Index for 2004 Kuwait ranked 103. In 2003 Kuwait ranked 102, and in 2002, Kuwait ranked 78. Therefore, Al-Rai Al-Aam is boasting about a good rank being 1st in Arab countries etc, yet it fails to state that this is a failure compared to 2002 when Kuwait was ranked 78. Kuwait went backwards for 2003 and 2004, and is rebounding. No big deal really.
  

US Intellectual Property Report & Kuwait

You might have come across this in the newspapers today. Click here for the complete International Intellectual Property Alliance 2006 Special 301 Report's (.pdf) section on Kuwait. You can also access the table of contents here.