A sample from today's Kuwait Times reveals that the new Amir has chosen his brother as the new Prime Minister and Crown Prince. This continues the recent controversy between the royal family as the two branches are supposed to share power but the current trend has seen a trend to public opinion influencing the rulers. This is new and could be good for Kuwait but the next few years may be a tough political path for the ruling family.

43 illegal liquor stores were closed yesterday in a sweep. No alcohol is allowed into Kuwait, it's a dry country.

2 steps forward and another one back - men have been banned from working as sales clerks in women's shops. The law went into effect 6 months ago but no one has thought to enforce it until now.

We have pro and anti Denmark stances throughout the paper.

Lebanon arrested 5 people for the Army barracks attack and explosion from last week.

Page 9 brings news of a second LA jail fight.

Today was cold and foggy. We had thunderstorms last night. I am now settled in for an evening of statistics.

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