Reuters - Russia provided intelligence to Iraq's government in the opening days of the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, including information that fed Iraqi suspicions that the main U.S. invasion force coming from Kuwait was actually a diversion, a Pentagon report released on Friday stated.

AP - When Aisha al-Rsheid challenged tradition by campaigning for parliament at a male-only gathering, she received a letter warning her to stop behaving like a man and forget about the race "before it is too late."

AP - This tiny Gulf country is increasingly nervous — as are some of its neighbors — about Iran's controversial nuclear program, right across the water.

AP - A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee has been charged with taking bribes from an apartment rental agent in Kuwait in exchange for signing leases to house military employees there.

AP - Iraq's former interim prime minister said the increasing attacks across his country can only be described as a civil war, and that the United States and Europe could be touched by spreading violence, according to an interview aired Sunday.

Reuters - Leaving Iraq now would be like handing postwar Germany back to the Nazis, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a column published on Sunday, the third anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.

AP - The U.S. military is dispatching an Army battalion of about 700 soldiers to Iraq from their base in Kuwait to provide extra security during the holiday of Ashura, three military officers said Wednesday.

AP - Watch out Brad, Michael Douglas is taking some shots regarding your divorce from Jen. At you and girlfriend Angelina Jolie.

AP - Watch out Brad, Michael Douglas is taking some shots regarding your divorce from Jen. At you and girlfriend Angelina Jolie.

AFP - Stock markets in the oil-rich Gulf region and Egypt suffered major losses, triggering angry protests in Kuwait and prompting some analysts to forecast a crash after a solid five-year upward run.

AP - Five Kuwaitis freed from U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay were released on bail on Sunday in Kuwait after denying that they had joined al-Qaida, collected "donations" for it or fought with the Taliban.

AP - World No. 1 Roger Federer beat Mohammed Al Ghareeb of Kuwait 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the second round of the Dubai Open on Wednesday.

AP - President Bush will make his first visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday and meet with President Hamid Karzai, a top Afghan official said.

AP - Iran appears determined to expand its uranium enrichment program — a key international concern because of fears it could eventually make nuclear weapons, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a new report Monday.

AP - Iran's president said Monday that his country supports calls for making the Middle East a nuclear arms-free zone, but he also urged the United States and Russia to give up all their atomic weapons as a threat to the region's stability.

AFP - Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Co (MTC) announced record net profits of 185.9 million dinars (637 million dollars) in 2005, a massive 54.7 percent rise on the previous year.

The kidnappers of U.S. journalist Jill Carroll have set a February 26 deadline for their demands to be met or she will be killed, Alrai Television in Kuwait reported citing sources close to the kidnappers. In a video that appeared Thursday on the private TV station, Carroll said she was doing well, but urged the United States to meet her captors' demands quickly. It would be the second deadline set by her abductors, who say they want the United States to release all female prisoners in custody in Iraq.

The kidnappers of U.S. journalist Jill Carroll have set a February 26 deadline for their demands to be met or she will be killed, Alrai Television in Kuwait reported citing sources close to the kidnappers. In a video that appeared Thursday on the private TV station, Carroll said she was doing well, but urged the United States to meet her captors' demands quickly. It would be the second deadline set by her abductors, who say they want the United States to release all female prisoners in custody in Iraq.

AP - Kidnappers of American journalist Jill Carroll have threatened to kill her if their demands are not met by Feb. 26, the owner of a Kuwaiti TV station that has aired a new tape of the hostage said Friday.

The kidnappers of U.S. journalist Jill Carroll have set a February 26 deadline for their demands to be met or she will be killed, Alrai Television in Kuwait reported citing sources close to the kidnappers. In a video that appeared Thursday on the private TV station, Carroll said she was doing well, but urged the United States to meet her captors' demands quickly. It would be the second deadline set by her abductors, who say they want the United States to release all female prisoners in custody in Iraq.