TODAY IN KUWAIT'S HISTORY KUWAIT, OCT 17 (KUNA) -- -- 1992 - AN AMIRI DECREE WAS ISSUED TO FORM THE 16TH CABINET IN KUWAIT'S HISTORY HEADED BY HIS HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCE AND THAT INCLUDED 15 MINISTERS, SIX OF THEM WERE MPS.
-- 1993 - THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AGREED TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN KUWAIT AND ERITREA.
-- 1999 - THE CABINET DECIDED TO SHUT DOWN AL-SEYASSAH NEWSPAPER FOR FIVE DAYS WITHOUT A COURT'S ORDER DUE TO WHAT IT PUBLISHED IN ITS OCTOBER 16 ISSUE WHICH WAS CONSIDERED AS UNDERMINING HIGHER NATIONAL INTEREST. THE DECISION WAS TAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW NUMBER 3/1961 ON PUBLICATION. (END) BN.
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