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Kuwait govt calls for dissolution of House

KUWAIT: Kuwaits Cabinet has asked the countrys ruler to consider dissolving parliament,state news agency KUNA said on Wednesday,a widely-expected move after months of political deadlock. Kuwait has been unable to hold a parliamentary session for several months after its top court effectively dissolved the opposition-dominated parliament,which was elected in February,basing its decision on a technicality.

NATO chief gets another year in office

BRUSSELS: NATO allies agreed on Wednesday to extend Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussens term as head of the organisation by a year to the end of July 2014,the alliance said. The extension means Rasmussen will be in office until a few months before the planned end of NATO combat operations in Afghanistan at the end of 2014.