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Mutts On A Mission

Mutts On A Mission

Wet nosed and tail wagging, Bahrain Customs Directorate’s newest recruit is deliriously happy.

Frankie, a four-year-old Springer Spaniel, ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Cover Story
Sniffer dogs to ensure the safety of Bahrain

Sniffer dogs to ensure the safety of Bahrain

AS the international scourges of terrorism, drugs and arms smuggling gather at an unprecedented pace, sniffer dogs will be invaluable assets to the ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Local News
Humming a merry win

Humming a merry win

Newspaper delivery boy E P Velayudan has bought prize draw tickets every month for the past 10 years … and finally his number came up with a humdin ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Local News
Budding soccer stars of future

Budding soccer stars of future

THE next A’ala Hubail could be learning the trick of his trade in one of the soccer schools aiming to identify the island’s most promising young fo ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Local News
Dilmun cats – a rare Bahraini breed

Dilmun cats – a rare Bahraini breed

THE local Dilmun cats have evolved over the centuries to adapt to Bahrain’s extremely high summer temperatures, and are quite different from other ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Local News
Homeland of the domestic moggy

Homeland of the domestic moggy

THE ancestry of the world’s household cats can be traced to just five lineages which lived alongside ancient settlers in the Fertile Crescent, an a ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Local News
Fountain of youth

Fountain of youth

IT’S a familiar sight the world over: children splashing around in a fountain on a hot summer’s day.

But unfortunately, playing in fountai ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Local News
Speed thrills but kills

Speed thrills but kills

THE other night when my dad was driving back home from his work, he noticed that on the highway there was a lot of commotion and a huge crowd by th ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Local News
Arthur puts art in the picture

Arthur puts art in the picture

BUSY corporate executive Arthur D’Souza has given up the nine-till-five routine to concentrate on his passion for an original photographic art form ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Sport News
Ecstasy and angony of a ...

Ecstasy and angony of a ...

THE BBC World Service has a nice little bit of listener interaction going.

It is about naming your own ‘Wonder of the World’, and so far I ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Sport News
Theatre of comedy

Theatre of comedy

THE most relieved people on hearing the news that former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had finally completed his takeover of Manchester Ci ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Motoring
Fact-file

Fact-file

* Chery Automobile is an automobile manufacturer in China. It is owned by the local government of Wuhu and produced abou ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Motoring
Great deals on offer with a Chery on top!

Great deals on offer with a Chery on top!

Bahrain witnessed the launch of another new car brand Chery from Motor City, a division of E K Kanoo group, at a glittering ceremony in the Seef Ma ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Motoring
Latest Mercedes-Benz aims to sprint ahead

Latest Mercedes-Benz aims to sprint ahead

Mercedes-Benz has revealed the first details of its new super sedan, the C63 AMG, which will out perform its segment competitors thanks to a V8 pow ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Sport News
Salman joins leading F3 team T-Sport

Salman joins leading F3 team T-Sport

Young Bahraini champion Shaikh Salman bin Rashid Al Khalifa finalised an agreement yesterday with the leading UK-based Formula Three team T-Sport.< ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Golf Scene
A different ball game altogether

A different ball game altogether

THE chances of achieving a hole in one on a par 72, 18-hole golf course has been calculated as around one in 13,000.

Despite this fact, th ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Sport News
Tendulkar changed India’s fortunes

Tendulkar changed India’s fortunes

India took a small step in its road to recovery by clinching the Future Cup against South Africa in Belfast.

It was a rare one-day triumph ...

July 11 - 17, 2007
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