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We're 
in a spin!

We're in a spin!

You twirl it, swing it, flip it and balance it ... the age-old juggling game of diabolo is back in vogue and the playground pastime has taken the ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
Classic array of  fashion brands at Moda Mall

Classic array of fashion brands at Moda Mall

MODA Mall, the new shopping complex on the ground floor of the landmark Bahrain World Trade Centre (BWTC) finalised the last of its new tenant si ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
Charity champ hosting special treat for diners

Charity champ hosting special treat for diners

CHARITY champion Sarah Clarke, who teaches autistic youngsters how to cook, hopes some culinary treats at one of Bahrain's top restaurants will h ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
Strategic alliance between bank and insurer makes for unique service

Strategic alliance between bank and insurer makes for unique service

Ahli United Bank (AUB), one of Bahrain's leading banks, and Bahrain National Insurance Company (BNI), the kingdom's leading insurance provider, ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
Investcorp acquires firm

Investcorp acquires firm

Investcorp, the leading global provider and manager of alternative investment products, has announced the acquisition of Asiakastieto, Finland's ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
United offers special features to customers looking for credit

United offers special features to customers looking for credit

United Bank Limited is a full commercial bank operating in Bahrain since 1969 and currently has a network of three branches (Seef, Man ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
Interest free - a credit to Islamic banking

Interest free - a credit to Islamic banking

Kuwait Finance House - Bahrain (KFH-Bahrain) recently launched the first Islamic EMV (chip cards) compliant credit card in association with Visa, ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
Playing your cards     the right way

Playing your cards the right way

MY tryst with credit cards began in the early 90s in India. We were newly-weds and were coping with the demands of a student and family life when ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
Sectarianism should be shunned for harmony to prevail

Sectarianism should be shunned for harmony to prevail

Recently my twin joined the world of blogging and he has been quite busy posting his many ideas regarding issues about anything that pops into hi ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
Register now Britons urged

Register now Britons urged

THE_British Embassy in Bahrain has sent out an SOS urging their expats - believed to number around 10,000 - to register with the Foreign and Comm ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
Playground craze for the lost art of the diabolo

Playground craze for the lost art of the diabolo

THE great dash to master the long-lost art of playing the diabolo is believed to have started at St Christopher's School and spread across the ki ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
Boom times are ahead

Boom times are ahead

WITH the Islamic investments market standing on the threshold of an exciting boom period, a major conference in Bahrain will next week feature pr ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
Trying to cope with    emotional turmoil

Trying to cope with emotional turmoil

Bahrain has been recently rocked by the tragic deaths of three US Navy personnel who have died in unnatural circumstances.

In the latest in ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Local News
Jun's gown blossoms

Jun's gown blossoms

Fashion designer and wedding dressmaker Jun Garcia is busy putting the finishing touches on the gown of 'Reyna Elena' who will be the ceremonial ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Shilpa's shopping list
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As concern grows over the cost of living in

May 21 - 27, 2008
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TV Weekly
Watch out for it: The hottest Mafia on Showseries

Watch out for it: The hottest Mafia on Showseries

From Sex and the City creator Darren Star and starring Lucy Liu (Ally McBeal, Charlie's Angels) comes a compelling, intimate and unflinching look ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Travel Weekly
Holiday-seekers take     a BITE of the action!

Holiday-seekers take a BITE of the action!

THOUSANDS of people flocked to this year's BITE to find out the latest travel holiday destinations and packages available from Bahrain.

Or ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Sport
Pupils more than a match for teachers

Pupils more than a match for teachers

The annual St Christopher's School staff versus students golf match ended all square.

The seventh annual event - with students winning fiv ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Sport
Diamonds are a driver's best friend

Diamonds are a driver's best friend

Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen will shine at the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix - whether they win it, or not.

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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TV Weekly
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Wednesday (May 21) Film - Sling Blade on Star Movies at 8.30pm. A southern gothic tale about a man named Karl (Billy Bob Thornton), who's just bee ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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TV Weekly
Have the 'Lost' been found - exclusively on Showtime

Have the 'Lost' been found - exclusively on Showtime

LOST is back every Wednesday at 8pm exclusively on Showtime and we want answers...

After last season's nail-biting finale when Jack and Ka ...

May 21 - 27, 2008
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Travel Weekly
Bahrain Air plans new flights to Saudi

Bahrain Air plans new flights to Saudi

Bahrain Air’s used its presence at BITE 2008 to announce new flights to

May 21 - 27, 2008
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