Budget allocated to the improvement of Kuwait’s health services (2007): USD 181 million (KWD 51 million)
Kuwait’s contribution to the Katrina disaster: USD 500 million (KWD 141 million)
Go figure.
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Posted by nadeem on August 23, 2007
Budget allocated to the improvement of Kuwait’s health services (2007): USD 181 million (KWD 51 million)
Kuwait’s contribution to the Katrina disaster: USD 500 million (KWD 141 million)
Go figure.
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