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holding out 
for A 
hero !

holding out for A hero !

HORSE-LOVING Sarah Parker has discovered the grey steed she is lovingly bringing back to health was once a highly-acclaimed prize-winning wonder ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Help us fly our Tricia home

Help us fly our Tricia home

AN appeal has been launched to help cover the costs of flying home an expat mum, who is currently being treated in a Bahrain hospital, to the car ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Local News
Local soccer live will be great

Local soccer live will be great

IT was impressive to watch the way Spanish fans roared on their team against Germany in the final of the European Championships and the way they ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Local News
Young scholars     make a mark

Young scholars make a mark

What is the secret to be identified as a young leader? Is it academic achievement; a captivating personality; innate talent; forethought or sheer ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Local News
Chance to capture  
magic moments

Chance to capture magic moments

A BIRD in the hand is worth two in the bush and talented Muadh Naeem Ahmed Mahmood Muastafa Nin Abdullatif is hoping his wonderful image of Bahra ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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A worthy recognition

A worthy recognition

WORLD-RENOWNED Yale University has selected Shaikha Marwa bint Rashid Al Khalifa of the Court of the Crown Prince of Bahrain as a 2008 Yale World ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Local News
Academic excellence

Academic excellence

SIXTEEN of Bahrain's brightest students are set for a journey to the south of France to benefit from training in leadership development and entre ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Local News
Without a splash!

Without a splash!

BUDDING entrepreneur Wassim Sami Farhoud is steaming ahead with his innovative car and boat cleaning service in the kingdom.

The Lebanese- ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Local News
Still waiting for Bader

Still waiting for Bader

Tomorrow will mark the first anniversary of the disappearance of three-year-old Bader Jawad Hussain Mubarak.

The search for him by the Int ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Local News
Scrabble champ's top 10 triumph

Scrabble champ's top 10 triumph

Bahrain and Gulf Scrabble champion Mohammed Zafar came eighth in the 23rd King's Cup in Bangkok - the highest ever placing for a player from the G ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Local News
Brainy Games Energised

Brainy Games Energised

Brainy games are set to get a fresh injection of energy with the forming of the Bahrain Mind Sports Forum (BMSF).

Essentially, chess and S ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Still having the last word ... 60 years on

Still having the last word ... 60 years on

When the Great Depression left architect Alfred Butts out of work, he scrabbled around for something to do - and came up with a game whose ingeni ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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TV Weekly
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Wednesday (July 9)Film - Intern Academy (White Coats) on Cinema City at 7pm.

Staring Dave Foley, Carly Pope and Dan Aykroyd.

St Alb ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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TV Weekly
Watch out for it: A chilling time with CSI - Season 8

Watch out for it: A chilling time with CSI - Season 8

GILL_Grissom and his crew are back to crack the stickiest cases on the mean streets of Las Vegas, exploring the inconceivable details of every cr ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Sport
QPR flying high  with Gulf Air

QPR flying high with Gulf Air

A brief encounter at this year's Bahrain Formula One grand prix race sparked off the talks which led to the new sporting alliance between Bahrain ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Sport
Help on hand for national soccer squad

Help on hand for national soccer squad

BAHRAIN'S adopted soccer sons Queens Park Rangers look set to step in to assist the kingdom's national team secure success in its World Cup and A ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Sport
Scoring game - Pitch it close to set up birdies, not bogeys!

Scoring game - Pitch it close to set up birdies, not bogeys!

We continue the series about the 'scoring game' and the vital components that can help improve anybody's golf game this week by moving a little f ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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TV Weekly
TV's hottest triple bill on ShowSeries

TV's hottest triple bill on ShowSeries

THE_wait is over ... Our favourite shows return to ShowSeries on Tuesdays in a triple bill that will see us through to the finales of each show b ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Travel Weekly
Living the cowboy dream

Living the cowboy dream

When it comes to the countryside I am, to quote Woody Allen, at two with nature.

I prefer BlackBerrys to blackberries and rugged isn't a ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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Sport
Mendis has Indian batsmen in a spin as Lanka lift Cup

Mendis has Indian batsmen in a spin as Lanka lift Cup

A mystery bowler spun Sri Lanka to a magnificent victory in the Asia Cup final.

Many cricketers in the world may well ask Ajantha Mendis ...

July 9 - 15, 2008
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