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ON YOUR BIKE!

ON YOUR BIKE!

Staff members of Bahrain Polytechnic have launched a green revolution and are leading by example by using pedal power across the institution's spr ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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Local News
Film festival celebration

Film festival celebration

The Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam (BKS) Indian expat club is preparing to stage the island's first international short film festival as part of the Ba ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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Local News
Far too lazy to procrastinate

Far too lazy to procrastinate

A FINAL draft of a 4,000 word essay, a physics problem set, a Spanish mock paper and a hundred other assignments lay waiting on my desk.

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December 15 - 21, 2010
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Local News
Study reveals internet security            awareness level low in Bahrain

Study reveals internet security awareness level low in Bahrain

A QUALITATIVE and quantitative analysis was conducted among 800 adults and 2,600 children aged seven to 18, educationists, representatives of Bahr ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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Local News
Online bullying alert     for youngsters

Online bullying alert for youngsters

TEACHERS are teaming up with the country's telecom watchdog to reinforce messages of responsible 'netizenship' and to alert pupils about the dang ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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Local News
Waiters test skills for a worthy cause

Waiters test skills for a worthy cause

Waiters on the island will be putting their talents to the test on an obstacle course and aiming not to spill a drop of water on the way.

I ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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Local News
Global ties for youth project

Global ties for youth project

Bahrain is on the verge of becoming the first country in the Middle East to get its Model United Nations youth initiative affiliated to the large ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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Local News
Doha Debates experience for pupils

Doha Debates experience for pupils

Five teenage Bahrain School students attended the recent Doha Debates and described it as a 'once-in-a-lifetime experience'.

Young people ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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Local News
Sew far, sew good for Jane

Sew far, sew good for Jane

Enterprising mum Jane Sheikh is helping to take the hassle out of dressing up children for the variety of school 'themed events' taking place on ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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TV Weekly
Global hit The Closer set to end after seven seasons

Global hit The Closer set to end after seven seasons

EMMY-WINNING actress Kyra Sedgwick, pictured right, is about to solve her last murder as the charming but tough detective Brenda Leigh Johnson on ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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TV Weekly
Tram crash marks 50th anniversary of Coronation Street

Tram crash marks 50th anniversary of Coronation Street

TO mark its 50th anniversary, Coronation Street has been on every night this week in the UK - a total of seven hours of cobbled drama - including ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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Sport
Festive games and activities

Festive games and activities

Chip n Ride came to Saar last week with a visit by a professional team to Twin Palms Riding Centre and other surrounding stables as part of a nat ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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Sport
Young gunners shoot down the competition

Young gunners shoot down the competition

ARSENAL Soccer School Bahrain's under-12s notched up an impressive competition success after being invited to participate in a national nine-a-si ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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Sport
Big laughs at awards night

Big laughs at awards night

Bayer Never Leusen, this season's GulfWeekly Expat 8-a-side champions were presented with their trophies at an awards night ceremony at the Dilmu ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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TV Weekly
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WEDNESDAY (Dec 15) Series - Boardwalk Empire on America Plus at 9pm

From Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter comes an epic new gangster sa ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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Travel Weekly
Medical tourism all set for boom time

Medical tourism all set for boom time

THE medical tourism sector worldwide is growing exponentially and set to become a $100 billion (BD38.17 billion) sector by 2012, according to ind ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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Sport
13 teams to battle it out in Match Race challenge

13 teams to battle it out in Match Race challenge

The ninth Kingdom of Bahrain Match Race Championship begins today off the coast of Bahrain Sailing Club at Al Jazayer Beach in Zallaq. More than ...

December 15 - 21, 2010
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