French President Jacques Chirac receives Cheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber AL Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, for the signature of an agreement of defence, in Paris, France, on November 30, 2006. - The ruler of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, has died at the age of 91. Sabah had been in hospital in the United States since July following surgery for an unspecified condition in Kuwait that same month. Photo by Samson Thomas/pool/ABACAPRESS.COM