KUWAIT, Aug 21 (KUNA) -- 1990 -- Egypt's President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak calls on Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to withdraw Iraqi forces from Kuwait in an initiative aimed at saving Arab unity.
1990 -- Information Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah issues an order to set up a Kuwaiti media center in Cairo aimed at highlighting the plight of Kuwaitis after the invasion of the Gulf state by Iraq forces.
1990 -- European Union members reject an Iraqi warning to close all foreign embassies in Kuwait.
1996 -- Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issues a law approving cooperation agreement between Kuwait and the EU commission for refugees affairs.
2003 -- Kuwait Ports Authority cancels all fees.
2006 -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issues a decree regulating governorates.
2006 -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issues a decree establishing the Central Agency for Information Technology tasked with implementing the country's e-government plan.
2011 -- KOC contains fire that erupted at oil well number 358 of the oil gathering center 19 in Burqan.
2013 -- KNPC contains fire that erupted at Mina Abdullah refinery due to an oil leakage in the crude oil refining plant.
2014 -- WHO hails Kuwait's contribution of USD 45 million for those affected in the ongoing fighting in Syria.(end).
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