Main Events

Main Events




All-star line-up for Top Fuel races

October 18 - 25, 2006
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MANAMA: An all-star cast of competitors is preparing to unleash the 6,000hp Top Fuel dragsters down the Bahrain International Circuit strip at this year’s International Drag Racing Festival. Representing Europe, Scandinavia, America and Bahrain, there are some serious racers preparing to entertain the crowds at this sell-out event.





Bahrain events

October 18 - 25, 2006
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Ramadan sale
An Open house Ramadan Sale will be held at Awali, House 436 from 2pm to 7.30pm on October 19 and from 10am to 2pm on October 20. Entrance is free. For more information, contact 17-754247.





Target your health and fitness

October 18 - 25, 2006
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MANAMA:The Dessange Health Club invites you to spin, lunge, meditate, dance and more! Situated on the second floor of the Dessange building, the energetic atmosphere in the Health Club encourages ladies who are keen on effective exercises.





Iftar fuses with Far East

October 18 - 25, 2006
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MANAMA: Something’s different this year and it’s at the Diplomat Radisson SAS.  As dusk approaches be transported to a 1001 Arabian nights on a South Pacific island!





A panoramic Ramadan tent

October 18 - 25, 2006
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Manama: Mercure Grand Hotel’s Al Safa Tent at Sama poolside is the ideal panoramic location for hosting traditional Ramadan festivities or Iftar extravaganza.





Things are looking up…it seems

October 18 - 25, 2006
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There has been a significant drop in the number runaway housemaids looking for shelter at their embassies this year compared to in past years.





A tragedy of errors

October 18 - 25, 2006
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The results are in and a report on the Al Dana disaster is complete. It seems EVERYONE is to blame.





Madonna and the fashion of adoption

October 18 - 25, 2006
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So Madonna has jumped on the it’s-the-fashion-to-adopt-a-baby-from-a-developing-country bandwagon.





Let’s have charity with

October 18 - 25, 2006
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I read in the papers this week that one of the councils has turned down an appeal to send money to Lebanon on the grounds that it can have no certainty that the money will indeed go were it needs to be.





Speak out for justice

October 18 - 25, 2006
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My hat goes off to Britain’s army chief Sir Richard Dannatt for putting aside the politics of his job and standing up for his men when he recently claimed that post-war planning was ‘poor’ and that the presence of British troops in Iraq was hurting British global security worldwide.





World’s biggest oil refinery is set to open in India

October 18 - 25, 2006
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Sitting on the edge of the water in the Gulf of Kutch on India’s western shore is one of America’s dirty secrets.





Woman wins $11m for slurs on bulletin board

October 18 - 25, 2006
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MIAMI: A US jury has awarded a woman $11.3 million in costs and damages after a former acquaintance accused her of being a crook, a con artist and a fraudster on an Internet talkboard.