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what happened

what happened

FORTY years on, what became of the 60s generation who believed in love not war, who broke the traditional role of two parent families, who lived ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Local News
Baby care boost

Baby care boost

The American Mission Hospital (AMH) has opened a new Special Baby Care Unit specialising in handling emergency and complicated cases internally w ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Local News
Scanning faces may spark row

Scanning faces may spark row

Airline passengers travelling to and from Heathrow and Manchester from Bahrain with new UK and EU biometric passports may soon be screened using ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Local News
Scanning faces may spark row

Scanning faces may spark row

Airline passengers travelling to and from Heathrow and Manchester from Bahrain with new UK and EU biometric passports may soon be screened using ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Local News
'talkin bout my generation'

'talkin bout my generation'

Heather McKinlay, currently on her third tour in Bahrain, left Ireland, its horses, hunt balls and tennis parties in the 60s, to hit the London s ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Local News
Flip side of the 60s

Flip side of the 60s

Baby boomer: American-English term to describe a person born between 1946 and 1964, coined after World War II when increased prosperity accounted ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Local News
Push off, we're not   paying that!

Push off, we're not paying that!

IT is the ultimate in buggy-bling: the baby-stroller for the infant - and parents - who must have everything.

The latest pushchair from Ca ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Local News
Two major expos under 
one roof

Two major expos under one roof

This May will see the second edition of the successful 'twin exhibition' Property Arabia and The Worldwide Property Show.

Taking place fr ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Local News
Dancing to the beat

Dancing to the beat

Some of the world's top acts will be coming to Bahrain as the 'Bud Music ... Live 2008!' event repositions itself from a band competition into a ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Local News
Stop drink driving

Stop drink driving

This week I would like to raise the issue of drink-driving. Last week, my best friend and his two younger siblings were on their way to school w ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Local News
Zooming in on       Bahrain

Zooming in on Bahrain

Economic growth and increasing private wealth have directly impacted the landscape of the island of golden smiles and the changing face of Bahrai ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Local News
Putting on the Ritz!

Putting on the Ritz!

Bahrain is experiencing an unprecedented hospitality industry boom with an increasing number of luxury and budget hotels due to be launched by 20 ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Local News
All that's Italian

All that's Italian

Modern and eclectic, classic and memorable are the words used to describe the exhibition, 'Italian Style - Dressing the Body and Daily Life' at t ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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TV Weekly
Your chance to watch American Idol live in Los Angeles

Your chance to watch American Idol live in Los Angeles

Come May 22, the seventh season of American Idol comes to a climax.

And, Star Middle East has announced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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TV Weekly
Watch out for it: Miss Guided starts on Showcomedy

Watch out for it: Miss Guided starts on Showcomedy

You can run and you can hide, but you can never escape who you were in high school!

Having finally conquered the awkward, traumatic world o ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Sport
'The Ice Man'  leads Ferrari juggernaut

'The Ice Man' leads Ferrari juggernaut

One crisp statement was enough to sum up Ferrari's ruthless domination of the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday. And that it came from the most unlike ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Sport
Spanish GP win fires    up Ferrari

Spanish GP win fires up Ferrari

World champion Kimi Raikkonen won the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday to stretch Ferrari's winning streak to three and make it the clear Formula One ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Sport
Shining
little stars

Shining little stars

Youngsters from Qatar and Bahrain stole the show in the GCC Inter-Club Gymnastics Competition organised by CHAOSS Gymnastics - Bahrain and held a ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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TV Weekly
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wednesday (Apr 30)Film - The Omen on Star Movies at 8.30pm. Robert Thorn (Liev Schreiber), a senior American diplomat, is about to tell his wife, ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Travel Weekly
Premier Inn sets foot in Dubai

Premier Inn sets foot in Dubai

Premier Inn, the UK's largest and most successful hotel brand has officially opened their first hotel in the region at Dubai Investments Park.

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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Travel Weekly
A BITE of Bahrain

A BITE of Bahrain

BITE, the annual Bahrain International Travel Expo now in its fourth year, has grown beyond all expectations and will be 'bringing the world to B ...

April 30 - May 6, 2008
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