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Health alert!

Health alert!

TODAY_200 diabetes associations in 160 countries are marking the very first United Nations observed World Diabetes Day.

Diabetes affects 24 ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Local News
Royal kiss of inspiration 
is keeping 
Munira's 
spirits alive

Royal kiss of inspiration is keeping Munira's spirits alive

Bahraini Munira Bin Hindi has many things in her life to be proud of.

For instance, the wheelchair-bound campaigner is the first disabled w ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Local News
WHAT IS IT EXACTLY...

WHAT IS IT EXACTLY...

DR Wiam Hussein, a consultant endocrinologist at the Joslin Diabetes Centre, Manama, explains what diabetes is.

Diabetes, medically known a ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Local News
Holy duck! Look what's happening to our veggies

Holy duck! Look what's happening to our veggies

Aubergines with noses, cucumbers shaped like the Loch Ness monster, carrots that look like body parts and turnips shaped like deities. But a pota ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Local News
Early detection can help control disease

Early detection can help control disease

Up to 20 per cent of Bahrain's population could contract Type 2 diabetes as a result of obesity and bad food habits, with children most at risk, s ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Local News
Mad Science a hit with young

Mad Science a hit with young

Science may not sound like the kind of thing that could get children squealing with delight at birthday parties, but thanks to two science-loving ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Local News
Magic moments

Magic moments

A talented teenage trickster spending his gap-year in Bahrain has been amazing friends and acquaintances with his magic tricks.

This week ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Local News
Saved by a whisker!

Saved by a whisker!

What a week it has been! From student council meetings, to getting proposals for my school's carnival event, to getting in late submissions of th ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Local News
Teenagers set shining example in daily battle against diabetes

Teenagers set shining example in daily battle against diabetes

Mujthaba Mahdi Al Mansoor, 16, and Nouf Mohammed Shaheen, 14, from Hamad Town have been suffering from Type 1 diabetes for more than five years a ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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The Whisperer
No title specified

No title specified

There was lots of excitement in the 'Pink Palace' (Gulf Air's HQ) last week when staff were told to be on standby for a major announcement.

November 14 - 20, 2007
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TV Weekly
Al Jazeera ruffles feathers

Al Jazeera ruffles feathers

It's not just America that's hostile to Al Jazeera, Nigel Parsons, who launched the English version of the channel, tells James Robinson. The sta ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Sport
Kumble bowls over the selectors

Kumble bowls over the selectors

India's choice of Anil Kumble as captain for the Tests against Pakistan is a good one.

No player more deserves to captain the side than Kum ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Sport
Serving up scandals

Serving up scandals

Tennis and drugs, tennis and poisoning, and tennis and betting and bribery. Very odd, and certainly most unlikely partners.

Okay, drugs an ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Sport
When the ladies started to tee-off ...

When the ladies started to tee-off ...

Awali Gulf Club Open Committee will hold their 20th Bahrain Ladies Open Gulf Championship from November 30 to December 1. The event marks the 20- ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Travel Weekly
Havana 
good time

Havana good time

Simon Mills ducks out of the cigar factory tour of Trinidad and discovers empty beaches and impromptu gigs instead.

At last, we are now on ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Sport
Messiah or a mistake

Messiah or a mistake

Every football season is punctuated by the sacking and appointment to what many consider the most important role at a club, namely the manager. Alr ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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Sport
Monty to visit new course  at Riffa Views

Monty to visit new course at Riffa Views

Golfing legend Colin Montgomerie will be in Bahrain on November 26 to review the progress of his Signature golf course at Riffa Views.

Si ...

November 14 - 20, 2007
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