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Jassem Saadoun, a Kuwaiti economist, observes that in the past, higher oil revenues have reduced pressure on governments to push through badly-needed reforms.
ECONOMIST: A high oil price will delay reforms
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On Wednesday morning, Mr Barrak's lawyer, Mohammed Abdul Qader al-Jassem, told the AFP news agency that the public prosecutor had ordered his client to be remanded in custody pending investigation and transferred him to the central prison.
BBC: Kuwait: Ex-MP Mussallam al-Barrak freed on bail
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Major General ABEDEL AZIZ MOHAMMED JASSEM (Iraqi Defense Ministry): (Through translator) It's a security plan in which we are deploying all of our forces, army, police, coalition forces, in an intensive way, especially concentrating on selected trouble spots.
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