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Briefing of KUNA main news for Thursday until 12:00 GMT

KUWAIT -- Corpses of Grand Mosque Imam Sheikh Dr. Waleed Al-Ali and Sheikh Fahad Al-Husseini arrived in Kuwait early Thursday. Heading the reception of the caskets was Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, families of the martyrs and grieving citizens.

TOKYO -- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan expanded by 48.1 percent from a year earlier to JPY 31.6 billion (USD 288 million) in July, up for the seventh month, thanks to robust exports, the Japanese Finance Ministry says.

KUWAIT -- Price of the Kuwaiti oil went up 24 cents to reach USD 47.65 per barrel (pb) Wednesday compared with USD 47.41 pb on Tuesday.
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