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PAINTING THE TOWN RED!

PAINTING THE TOWN RED!

ART-LOVING entrepreneur Mohammed Fakhrawi aims to open up the world of painting to people living in the kingdom by making the ingredients for creat ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Local News
Emotional drama of growing up

Emotional drama of growing up

EMOTIONAL intelligence is about building the best possible relationships with yourself and with others. It is a core set of competencies which ca ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Local News
Brunette with a bounce

Brunette with a bounce

Our first magical make-over subject is Australian Alinta Hawkins, 25, from Juffair, who wanted to transform her black-haired look to a softer mor ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Local News
Leave Facebook alone

Leave Facebook alone

HEADLINES across the media in Bahrain have been raging with reaction towards one of the Members of Parliament and his mission to ban the social n ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Local News
Ultimate office chair for $1.5 million

Ultimate office chair for $1.5 million

For the boss who wants for nothing ... an office chair, developed at a cost of $1.5 million by the designers of Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati, ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Local News
Support call for amateur film-makers

Support call for amateur film-makers

AWARD-WINNING short-film director Mohammed Rashed Bu-Ali is busy brain-storming ideas for his fourth movie.

He is one of the island's ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Local News
New water park timings for Ramadan

New water park timings for Ramadan

THE LOST Paradise of Dilmun has announced that it will stay open until the early hours of the morning so people can continue to enjoy the park thr ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Local News
Abdulla's a 
trend-setter!

Abdulla's a trend-setter!

BAHRANI men are becoming trendier all the time and taking pride in their appearance, according to an entrepreneur helping them to step out in styl ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Local News
Fanta-stic
response
to assist
parched
workers!

Fanta-stic response to assist parched workers!

MORE than 70 volunteers have now signed up to distribute free refreshments to construction and road workers in Bahrain toiling in the blistering s ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Local News
Saying it with a Sneha card

Saying it with a Sneha card

CARDS designed by special needs children have gone on sale in time for the coming major religious and cultural festivals.

The Sneha Centre ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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TV Weekly
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wednesday (Aug 20)Documentary - World's Deadliest Animals: Asia Pacific on NGC at 8pm. Asia is the largest and most populated continent on the ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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TV Weekly
English Premier League on ShowSports

English Premier League on ShowSports

THE English Premier League has kicked off and already Hull City have shown their mettle with an opening day victory against Fulham. It looks set to ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Sport
GOLDEN TOUCH

GOLDEN TOUCH

The first week in Beijing has been dominated by three men, one in the pool and two on the track. There have of course been many achievements at t ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Sport
You only swing when you're winning

You only swing when you're winning

Think about this for a minute: What would another 42 yards on your tee shot do for you, besides get you excited to play more golf? Maybe make som ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Sport
Hitting from the inside, the magic move

Hitting from the inside, the magic move

Most club golfers start their downswing with the upper body: this pushes the club to the outside (Pic 1).

The result is a steep, out-to-i ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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TV Weekly
Watch out for it: Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Watch out for it: Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Airing this August viewers in the Middle East will experience Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV's most irreverent talk show every week from Sunday-Thursday at ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Travel Weekly
We are up the Creek!

We are up the Creek!

THERE was little chance of the Szecowka family being stuck up the creek without a paddle ... for in stepped little Stan to take over as captain a ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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Sport
Make cricket an Olympic sport

Make cricket an Olympic sport

Cricket Australia's chief executive, James Sutherland, will next week arrive in Beijing, looking to "sell" the game to China. You suspect the Chi ...

August 20 - 26, 2008
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