Kuwait warns strikers as oil exports stalled
Kuwait warned striking workers Tuesday that it could recruit outside replacements to confront a wave of labor unrest that has spread to the Gulf nation's critical oil sector.
Kuwaiti authorities have grown increasingly uneasy during a series of strikes begun last month by civil servants seeking greater pay and benefits - on top of already generous perks such as free health care and low-rate personal loans. The open-ended walkout has frozen all shipping traffic in and out of ports and oil terminals. It also disrupted airport and land border operations. (AP)
