KUWAIT, Feb 29

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1988 -- Safat Square, one of the historic sites of Kuwait City, is officially inaugurated. It measures 12,000 square meters, and its re-development cost KD 3.6 million.
2000 -- Kuwait's Tareq Al-Qallaf wins the fencing championship for the handicapped, held in Spain.
2008 -- Poet and author and founder of the teachers club, Abdulmohsen Mohammad Al-Bader passes away at the age of 80. (end) ah.gta