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GOOD LUCK!

GOOD LUCK!

The squad Athletics Nadia Mohamed Idrees Aljjafini (Marathon)

Ruqaya Mansoor

Al Ghasara (100m/200m)

Maryam Yusuf Jamal (80 ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
Keep off  'free visa' cheats!

Keep off 'free visa' cheats!

Ambassador Balkrishna Shetty has urged members of the Indian community not to accept work in Bahrain without valid employment contracts and to av ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
Strumming up support     for musicians

Strumming up support for musicians

A music store is setting the kingdom rocking by helping aspiring musicians to make the grade and gain enough confidence to reach for the stars.

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
Ruqaya is so inspirational

Ruqaya is so inspirational

IT is great news to hear the kingdom's very own Ruqaya Al Ghasra will be leading the Bahraini delegation at the opening ceremony of the Olympics ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
China's massive bid to combat pollution

China's massive bid to combat pollution

LIKE everything else done for the Olympics, China's quest to clear up notoriously polluted skies in time for opening ceremonies this week has bee ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
Catch the drug cheats before they get there

Catch the drug cheats before they get there

There's one good way of avoiding a rash of damaging doping scandals at the Olympics: Catch the drug cheats before they get there.

The poli ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
Youngsters for Olympic games camp

Youngsters for Olympic games camp

Bahrain will be taking part in the historical Olympic Youth Camp. The camp is an educational and cultural exchange programme under the Olympic fl ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
A proud moment

A proud moment

GOLDEN girl Ruqaya Al Ghasra will be the kingdom's standard bearer holding the red and white Bahraini flag high during the Olympic Games opening ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
In profile

In profile

Field and track Maryam Yusuf Jamal (women's 1,500m) - Age 23. A middle distance runner who has been compared to Britain's gold medallist Dame Kel ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
'My parents' divorce left all my dreams shattered'

'My parents' divorce left all my dreams shattered'

Children are always the victims of divorce. They are the ones who suffer, often in silence, confused and caught up in an explosion of hate betwee ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
Fathers don't stray for your daughters' sake

Fathers don't stray for your daughters' sake

If you want to know why single women get involved with married men, look at their parents, Ruth Sunderland reports. THE_affair between Sienna Mill ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
Different strokes

Different strokes

Swimming is hugely popular but, shockingly, recent US research shows that 98 per cent of recreational swimmers do not make gains in aerobic fitnes ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
Buckle up for a safer ride

Buckle up for a safer ride

A YOUNG mother is so concerned children are being put at risk when they travel unrestrained in cars in the kingdom she has produced her own bookle ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
Ready to make a splash!

Ready to make a splash!

Bahrain's teenage swimming sensation Omar Yousef Jassim has snapped up the chance to put his talents to the test on the biggest sporting stage in ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Local News
'Why I pulled out of show'

'Why I pulled out of show'

DANCER Vishnu Priya Ramachandran has just returned to the kingdom from India after stepping away from one of the country's leading reality televi ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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TV Weekly
Watch out for it: Women's Murder Club on America Plus

Watch out for it: Women's Murder Club on America Plus

Based on author James Patterson's bestselling novels, Women's Murder Club is a new one-hour drama series about four successful working women in San ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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TV Weekly
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Wednesday (Aug 6)Series - All of Us on SuperComedy (Sunday-Wednesday) at 8pm.

With humour, sensitivity and heart, this comedy reflects a n ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Sport
Dream comes true for Kovalainen

Dream comes true for Kovalainen

Car problems cost Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, giving McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen his first F1 victory at ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Sport
Three ways to combat that slice

Three ways to combat that slice

When I am out conducting lessons, the most common problem that I come across is the slice.

The slice is by far the most common shape of b ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Sport
Field is open for playoffs

Field is open for playoffs

This week sees the final major championship of the year take place at the legendary Oakland Hills Golf Club - the 90th US PGA Championship kicks ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Travel Weekly
Bahrain Air adds Jeddah as new
destination

Bahrain Air adds Jeddah as new destination

Bahrain Air, the first premium low fare private national carrier, has started its Bahrain-Jeddah service.

This service will operate three ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Travel Weekly
Germany calling

Germany calling

Tens of thousands of tourists from the region are travelling to Germany this summer, one of the most popular European holiday destinations for Gu ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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Travel Weekly
QE2 base on Palm Jumeirah unveiled

QE2 base on Palm Jumeirah unveiled

Nakheel, the company helping to develop Dubai's future tourism, has revealed the new home for the world famous cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE ...

August 6 - 12, 2008
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