Politics

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FILE - In this Thursday, March 22, 2012 file photo, Kuwait's emir, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, left, walks with Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo. The office of Kuwait’s ruling emir says the oil-rich nation’s leader has undergone surgery following routine medical tests in the United States. (AP Photo/Toru Hanai, Pool, File)