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HAPPY EVER AFTER

HAPPY EVER AFTER

JASPER and Florence are bouncing with joy and reckon their mum is one in a million, reports Anasuya Kesavan.

Teacher Theresa Finzi certai ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Never give up on goals

Never give up on goals

A common problem with teenagers is the issue of academic pressure.

Many adolescents go through a phase where they feel like they cannot g ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Young shine a light on green issues

Young shine a light on green issues

THE Gulf Hotel International Convention Centre played host to the 5th annual Coca-Cola Environmental Treasure Hunt's Youth Workshop for 2008.

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Quality service gets recognition

Quality service gets recognition

The team at Banyan Tree Desert Spa and Resort, Al Areen brought home the Gala Spa Award for Best Luxury Hotel City/Resort to Bahrain recently. Th ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Time to get touchy

Time to get touchy

YOU'D never guess, but I'm a shy chap really. I've never been a touchy, feely sort of bloke although like many a man, I enjoy my back being scrat ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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health executive

health executive

Tim Gardner, director of nursing at Bahrain's American Mission Hospital

"There is an acute shortage of nurses world over and professiona ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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PHILIPPINES ENVOY

PHILIPPINES ENVOY

Eduardo Pablo M Maglaya, Ambassador, Embassy of the Philippines in Bahrain. Overseas Filipino workers are known across the world as hardworking, a ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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The carer

The carer

Pacita Concepcion Francisco, charge nurse at the Urgent Care Unit at American Mission Hospital. At the age of 24 she left her home town in Nueva E ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Nursing the world

Nursing the world

The 18-year-old co-ed still has two years to go before she graduates from one of the Philippines' top nursing colleges, but she already knows whe ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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New X-ray units to monitor
lorries 
entering Bahrain

New X-ray units to monitor lorries entering Bahrain

Bahrain's customs directorate is considering employing an electronic vehicle monitoring system that will track heavy goods vehicles as they enter ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Mum's the word

Mum's the word

PERHAPS the hardest part of being an expat is having to cope with being away from loved ones ... and the burning question is: just how often shou ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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How often do you phone your mamma?

How often do you phone your mamma?

GulfWeekly asked a cross-section of readers. Here's what they said ..., Sara Isa Yousef, 20, sales girl at Tommy Hilfiger, Hidd:

I call my ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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A special kind of love

A special kind of love

When I was 14-years-old, a girl at school knowledgably informed me that because I was adopted I wasn't as loved as all the other girls in my clas ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Quality service gets recognition

Quality service gets recognition

The team at Banyan Tree Desert Spa and Resort, Al Areen brought home the Gala Spa Award for Best Luxury Hotel City/Resort to Bahrain recently. Th ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Time to get touchy

Time to get touchy

YOU'D never guess, but I'm a shy chap really. I've never been a touchy, feely sort of bloke although like many a man, I enjoy my back being scrat ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Shelter away from stigma for children

Shelter away from stigma for children

Orphaned Bahraini children - and those whose parents are not known to the authorities - are provided a loving home in Hoora until a suitable fami ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Home is where the heart is

Home is where the heart is

MUSIC teacher Theresa Finzi can remember the moment she cuddled tiny Jasper Ma-Jiang-Thomas Lee in her arms for the first time after seven long y ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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A different challenge

A different challenge

Teenage Crown Prince Scholar Hassan Al Halwachi, made the kingdom proud by winning a prestigious annual science challenge organised by the

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April 23 - 29, 2008
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The right Curves

The right Curves

With gyms and fitness centres mushrooming on the island claiming amazing results or money-back guarantees to lure residents, a women-only gym is ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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A really cool launch

A really cool launch

LG Electronics, the world's largest air conditioner manufacturer, is aiming to make the most essential of Bahrain family home and business applia ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Dubai-it! Fly for free

Dubai-it! Fly for free

THE battle to win the heart and minds of air travellers is hotting up over Bahrain's skies with Jazeera Airways announcing it would be the first ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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TV Weekly
Showtime wins rights for top Russian soccer league

Showtime wins rights for top Russian soccer league

Showtime Arabia, the leading Pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, won the exclusive rights to broadcast the Russian Premier League ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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TV Weekly
Watch out for it: Hydra Executives set for Season 2

Watch out for it: Hydra Executives set for Season 2

Hydra Properties has announced that auditions for season two 'Hydra Executives', the new English reality-based TV programme featuring 16 individu ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Sport
Committed India salvage South Africa series

Committed India salvage South Africa series

India restored some credibility to their high Test ranking by winning the third Test at the minefield in Kanpur.

Right through the three-T ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Sport
Is IPL a damp squib?

Is IPL a damp squib?

My interest in the much-hyped Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket started and ended with the spectacular opening ceremony. It was a spectacle no ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Sport
Bahrain lift GCC crown for 12th time in row

Bahrain lift GCC crown for 12th time in row

BAHRAIN claimed the GCC Golf Champion_ship, which concluded on Saturday at the Riyadh Golf Course in Saudi Arabia, for the 12th successive time.< ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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TV Weekly
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Wednesday (Apr 23) Documentary 4Real: Peru on NGA at 5.30pm

In 4REAL: Peru, host Sol Guy takes Cameron Diaz high into the Andes mountains ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Travel Weekly
Secret revealed

Secret revealed

Zighy Bay, amid Oman's hostile mountains, is a gem of a beach but its new resort is enchanting only after dark, says Annabelle Thorpe Four long, ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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Sport
Potting marathon at the Crucible Theatre

Potting marathon at the Crucible Theatre

April is an intriguing month in England for sporting events with the football season coming to an end and the cricket season starting - although ...

April 23 - 29, 2008
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