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Interesting historical reference to incense

Interesting historical reference to incense

Burning incense is a tradition that dates back thousands of years in almost all of the ancient civilisations.

In the tomb of Tutankhamen, ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Full steam ahead for Bahrain Bay

Full steam ahead for Bahrain Bay

Bahrain Bay Development – the company behind the $2.5 billion waterfront metropolis located off Manama’s northern shore – has announced that constr ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Georgia,10, is Bahrain’s youngest certified diver

Georgia,10, is Bahrain’s youngest certified diver

Ten-year-old Georgia Faid has just become Bahrain’s youngest certified diver. 

The St Christopher’s school pupil has completed a Prof ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Local News
Fruit, vegetables and fish diet helps cut the risk of allergies

Fruit, vegetables and fish diet helps cut the risk of allergies

Children who eat a diet that has plenty of fruit, vegetables and fish can cut their risk of developing asthma and allergies, according to research ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Local News
Work out quality time with family

Work out quality time with family

Imagine this. A father is working a double shift in the office late through the afternoon as the mother is off shopping in one of the kingdom’s mal ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Local News
Bahrain-born Khriscelle, 12 bags beauty pageant

Bahrain-born Khriscelle, 12 bags beauty pageant

A Bahrain-born beauty has bagged the crown at the Miss Junior Philippines Canada 2007 beauty contest.

Khriscelle Romey Nañola, 12, or KC a ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Local News
Is Bahrain ‘the most boring place on the planet?’

Is Bahrain ‘the most boring place on the planet?’

Graham Morgan, 53, sales manager, from Saar
“It depends on what you’re looking for. Is it Dubai? No. ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Local News
The Wisperer

The Wisperer

You don’t know me; I know you, I know what’s being said about you. I’m the
‘whisperer’. I am socially mobile: Arab, Brit, Indian, Pakistani, Am ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Travel Special
Hotel fact-file

Hotel fact-file

First Impressions … The Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah in Muscat is a five-star luxury retreat nestled between mountains and sea boasts an impressively ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Special Feature
Interesting historical reference to incense

Interesting historical reference to incense

Burning incense is a tradition that dates back thousands of years in almost all of the ancient civilisations.

In the tomb of Tutankhamen, ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Sport News
It’s all in the blend

It’s all in the blend

The only predictable thing about sport and in particular team sports is its unpredictability.

Trying to blend 11 or 15 individuals into a ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Sport News
Newcomer joins veteran in bid for Korea contest glory

Newcomer joins veteran in bid for Korea contest glory

Bahrain’s national body building team is gearing up for the World Body Building Championships to be held in South Korea next month.

It’s th ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Sport News
V8 to be more exiciting

V8 to be more exiciting

AUSTRALIA’S V8 Supercars Series returns to Bahrain with the promise of a more exciting race-weekend than last year’s inaugural Desert 400 races.

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Sport News
Alonso ‘threat to expose McLaren’ to secure No 1

Alonso ‘threat to expose McLaren’ to secure No 1

THE  rivalry between McLaren’s formula one drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso reached such a pitch that the Spanish world champion thr ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Sport News
Pssst! Lewis ...... thanks for saving our sport

Pssst! Lewis ...... thanks for saving our sport

IN sports, as in so many other more profound activities, it is often said that what you see is what you get.

But given the recent spy cont ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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Sport News
Indian captaincy is daunting task

Indian captaincy is daunting task

THE resignation of Rahul Dravid as India’s cricket captain comes as no surprise.
The burden of the modern-day captain has increased tremendously ...

September 19 - 25, 2007
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