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TEARS ON AN ISLAND

TEARS ON AN ISLAND

IN his years as a plastic surgeon and head of the emergency department at Salmaniya Medical Complex, Dr Abdul Aziz Hamza was involved with the re ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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A strategic move

A strategic move

RESPECTED professional services firm Ernst & Young has highlighted Bahrain's strategic importance with the relocation of its global Centre of Exc ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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The dragon's lair

The dragon's lair

Amwaj Islands this week unveiled its very first hotel costing BD22 million and it has been designed to resemble a sleeping dragon. The Dragon Hot ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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Tapping into a greener way forward

Tapping into a greener way forward

AN eco-friendly way to cut water wastage has won its Bahraini inventor a $6,000 (BD2,262) environmental award.

Ebrahim Hameed wa ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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Stress-busting 
tips for pupils

Stress-busting tips for pupils

PARENTS have been called on to help balance the excessive demands placed on today's youngsters with loads of love, attention and support ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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Taking to the skies

Taking to the skies

Not too many computer geeks get sent off for flying lessons by their employers, but that's exactly what happened to Ralph Eisenschmidt whose comp ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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Local News
New toy story

New toy story

TOY stores in the kingdom have sold out of the latest playground craze - playing with a small plastic sphere called a Bakugan - and have the name ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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Local News
Bahrain-US peace push

Bahrain-US peace push

Bahrain and the US raised the flag of hope for peace in the Middle East.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iraq topped the agenda as Pr ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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Support Iraq call to Gulf

Support Iraq call to Gulf

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said that Gulf States needed to lend support to Iraq in the face of efforts by Iran to 'destabilise' the Baghda ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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TV Weekly
I'm a celebrity... premieres across Asia on Star World

I'm a celebrity... premieres across Asia on Star World

On Monday, July 20 at 10pm, Star World debuts the smash hit ITV Studios America reality series I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, acquired fr ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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wednesday (Jul 1)

Film - Uncross the Stars on Super Movies at 9pm

Daniel Gillies plays Troy Harper, who has suffered the tr ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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Sport
Shining star Lucas

Shining star Lucas

The rain delays hit the headlines as much as the golf, the tournament went in to a fifth day and the challengers came and went, but the man who h ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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Sport
Breakaway F1 series still possible - Mosley

Breakaway F1 series still possible - Mosley

FIA President Max Mosley says there still could be a breakaway Formula One series.

Mosley wrote that F1 is going through a 'difficult peri ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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Sport
'Hard work will meet with success'

'Hard work will meet with success'

"Work hard and strictly follow your coach's guidelines and your efforts will surely be rewarded," is the message from one of Indian cricket's gre ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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TV Weekly
Sizzling summer line-up on Showtime this month

Sizzling summer line-up on Showtime this month

Sizzling premieres are aplenty this July with the summer line-up including the box-office record breaking Mama Mia on July 10 - just one of the t ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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Travel Weekly
A magical coastline

A magical coastline

The Salt & Sill floating hotel in the harbour of Kladesholmen on Sweden's west is the country's first such venture and sounds gimmic ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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Sport
Testing times for Pakistan as they             take on Sri Lankans in lion's den

Testing times for Pakistan as they take on Sri Lankans in lion's den

The Twenty20 champions will face a credibility test on their tour of Sri Lanka.

Having hardly played any Test matches for nearly two year ...

July 1 - 7, 2009
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