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		<title>Sneak Peek: Infunity</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/sneak-peak-infunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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Today I was lucky enough to be taken on a tour of Infunity which will be one of the largest indoor amusement parks in Kuwait once completed. Three things that grabbed my attention there, the first is they will have a pretty cool indoor roller coaster that&#8217;s designed by the same people who build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire at Al Hamra Tower&#8230; Tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/fire-at-al-hamra-tower-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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Tomorrow their will be a huge fire on the 61st floor of the Al Hamra Tower which is the soon to be tallest building in Kuwait. I can&#8217;t see the future but a reader emailed me telling me they will be testing the firefighting capabilities tomorrow. I didn&#8217;t quite understand if they will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trader Vic’s is now Shrimpy</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/trader-vic%e2%80%99s-is-now-shrimpy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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Nibaq tweeted the other day that he heard Trader Vic&#8217;s on the Gulf Road got turned into Shrimpy. I thought that was a joke (and a funny one) but turns out it&#8217;s true. I just passed by it on my way to work and the signs are already up, Trader Vic&#8217;s has shutdown and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No alcohol at The Chocolate Bar</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/no-alcohol-at-the-chocolate-bar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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Just like the Gucci rumor I posted about a few days ago, there is another rumor going around that The Chocolate Bar in Marina Crescent was closed down by the ministry because they found chocolate that contained alcohol in them. That is of course not true or else I would have been their #1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>P. F. Chang’s China Bistro opening in December</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/p-f-chang%e2%80%99s-china-bistro-opening-in-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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Back in March I posted that P. F. Chang’s China Bistro will be opening up in Kuwait. Well I just found out that it will be opening up in December at Avenues in the same location the H&#038;M&#8217;s male store was located opposite to Al Forno. 
Note: Alshaya are the ones who are bringing P.F. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to make free cellphone calls?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a rumor that&#8217;s been going around on a hack which supposedly only works with Zain sim cards which allows you to make free calls. I haven&#8217;t been able to find out what to do so I wanted to ask here if anyone knew the trick. This is what I&#8217;ve been able to gather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pinkberry opening up at Avenues</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/pinkberry-opening-up-in-avenues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 07:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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I just heard that the Los Angeles based franchise for the upscale frozen dessert restaurant Pinkberry was taken by Alshaya and that they will be opening their first branch at the Avenues. It will be the first Pinkberry branch outside California and New York. According to the Pinkberry facebook group they should open up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sneak Peek: Choowy Goowy at the Avenues</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/sneak-peak-choowy-goowy-at-the-avenues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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Choowy Goowy will be opening up at the Avenues hopefully this Wednesday. This will be Choowy Goowys first store and they&#8217;ve really come a long way since I first reviewed them over three years ago back in January 2006. They will be baking cookies at the Avenues store so you should be able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CBK Terminated All Employee Contracts</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/cbk-terminated-all-employee-contracts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;ve got a friend who works at the Commercial Bank of Kuwait and according to him CBK terminated the contracts of all their employees. Supposedly they are now going to have to sign new contracts but no one knows yet what to expect. No bonuses? Salary Cuts? No one has been told what the new [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cast of new Star Trek film in Kuwait!</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/cast-of-new-star-trek-film-in-kuwait/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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A user in the forum just posted that the cast of the new Star Trek film were in Kuwait (includes Sylar from Heroes, Eric Bana and Simon Pegg). I am guessing they&#8217;re here to meet the US army or maybe in transit to Iraq? In any case I wish I had spotted them so [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>New camera?</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/new-camera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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A reader of the blog called Pete took this picture of what looks like a new radar camera here in Kuwait. I&#8217;ve never see one these before so not really sure what it is. Here is the original link to this shot [Link]
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		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>P. F. Chang opening in Kuwait</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/p-f-changs-china-bistro-opening-in-kuwait/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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A friend of mine just told me that P. F. Chang&#8217;s China Bistro is opening up in Kuwait soon. P.F. Chang is a popular American Chinese restaurant chain in the US and the Kuwait branch would be the first outside the US. I don&#8217;t have an idea on the location or the opening date, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bomb scare at AIS&#8230; again!</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bomb-scare-at-ais-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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Yesterday the American International School of Kuwait had a bomb scare when they got a phone call from someone in Spain telling them there was a bomb in their school. After all the students were evacuated it turned out to be a hoax. Today they had another bomb scare. It isn&#8217;t confirmed yet if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire at the Avenues</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/fire-at-the-avenues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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I received two emails regarding a fire at the Avenues mall this morning. The last email I received stated that the damage from the fire effected the area from Debenhams up to as far as Top Shop and that some stores were still closed as of this moment and the mall was full of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Explosion in Ahmadi</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/did-anything-happen-in-ahmadi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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A reader who lives in Ahmadi just emailed me telling me he heard what sounded like an explosion awhile and now the air has a weird smell and he can hear emergency sirens in the distance. 
It could be nothing (doesn&#8217;t Ahmadi always have a weird smell?) but I figured I would post and [...]]]></description>
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