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Riot police in Kuwait have used tear gas and stun grenades against protesters demanding that the newly elected parliament be dissolved. Police said the demonstration in Kuwait city was not authorized. Several people were arrested.
Two people are reported to have been shot dead in a tiny Uzbek enclave of Sokh which is entirely surrounded by Kyrgyzstan. Reports said that hundreds of Sokh residents angry over an electricity dispute attacked Kyrgyz border guards and took a number of Kyrgyz citizens hostage. The border was then closed. Talks to resolve the situation are said to be under way.
The French actor Gerard Depardieu who's accepted a Russian passport in protest at a proposed wealth tax in France has visited the harsh central Russian region of Mordovia. Mr Depardieu who's angry at the French government's attempts to raise the top rate of tax to 75% will pay just 13% income tax if he lives in Russia for at least 6 months a year. Our Moscow correspondent Daniel Sandford reports.
The day began with overnight television pictures of Gerard Depardieu embracing and then dining with Vladimir Putin and off camera receiving his new passport though apparently not from the president himself. Then after a short flight, the passport was being shown off to a welcoming committee in Mordovia. The small Russian region is best known for the important role it played in Starlin's GULAG system. Gerard Depardieu ate pancakes, was given two kittens, and said everything was very beautiful.