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Politics Dominate Kuwaiti Financial Scene 

A series of sharp debates on the Kuwaiti government's financial policies have resulted in an acrid political standoff in the National Assembly during the past fortnight. To the crisis over access to Central Bank documents (MEES, 7 April) have now been added two further seemingly intractable issues: firstly, the Minister of Finance's refusal to cooperate with a special committee chaired by...