Early Kuwait vote count indicates opposition gains

2 February 2012, 3:55 pm

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Early results of a snap election in Kuwait pointed to gains by opposition candidates in the Gulf state's fourth parliament in six years. Kuwait's ruler, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, called the vote in December after dissolving the chamber in response to a deepening political deadlock that has stymied reform and held up vital development projects in the key oil-exporting ...... Read More »

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