Parliament stormed as Arab unrest hits Kuwait

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Parliament-stormed-as-Arab-unrest-hits-Kuwait/articleshow/10776280.cms

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaiti leaders held crisis talks on Thursday after protesters demanding the resignation of the premier, a key member of the ruling Al-Sabah family, stormed parliament in an escalation of tension.

Local media said the council of ministers began an emergency meeting chaired by Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah , who holds extensive powers to dissolve parliament and sack the cabinet. In Kuwait, the ruler occasionally chairs cabinet meetings.

Parliament also called off a scheduled session after the protesters' action left some damage in the sea-side building, according to parliament officials.

The demonstrators were accompanied by a number of opposition lawmakers who have been campaigning for the removal of PM Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad Al-Sabah for the past several years.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. I'd love for Kuwait to fall. nt

[Wilms]

2. And I'll bet those protesters threw babies out of incubators.

:sarcasm:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. .

:spray: Ahhhh I'm old enough to remember that. I guess it's actually more sad than funny.