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Sitra Mall first with smoking ban

May 30 - June 5, 2007
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Sitra Mall, one of Bahrain’s leading shopping destinations, is set to become the first shopping mall in Bahrain to ban smoking. 

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Sitra Mall first with smoking ban



Historic delivery for Bahraini doctor

May 30 - June 5, 2007
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Gynecologist Abdulla Al-Khan from Bahrain helped make medical history after delivering a 60-year-old woman’s twin boys.

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Historic delivery for Bahraini doctor



Scaling new heights

May 30 - June 5, 2007
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Scaling new heights



Bahrain adventure woman to trek to Everest base for charity

May 30 - June 5, 2007
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Bahraini adventurer Maha Mansoor will be in Nepal on the ‘Gulf for Good’ Everest Base Camp Challenge to raise funds for charity. 

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Bahrain adventure woman to trek to Everest base for charity



Media matters in Gulf

May 30 - June 5, 2007
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Gulf and NATO media experts are to converge on Manama for a forum entitled ‘Media in a changing world – perspective from the Gulf and NATO’.

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Media matters in Gulf



Mövenpick has the coolest pool in town

May 30 - June 5, 2007
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ONE of Bahrain’s top hotels aims to ensure guests really chill out this summer when they splash about in the pool.

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Mövenpick has the coolest pool in town



New trend kicking in

May 30 - June 5, 2007
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KICKBOXING is gaining in popularity across the country as more and more enthusiasts take to the sport.

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New trend kicking in



Stubbing it out

May 30 - June 5, 2007
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As Bahrain’s smokers are forced to stub it out at the entrance of shopping malls or face a BD20 fine, writer Charlie Brooker, talks of his personal battle against the dreaded weed as World Anti-Smoking Day beckons tomorrow.

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Letters to the editor

May 30 - June 5, 2007
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Dear Stan,
Why isn't Bahrain adopting the same time zone of Dubai instead of Saudi Arabia?

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Letters to the editor



The Wisperer

May 30 - June 5, 2007
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You don’t know me; I know you, I know what’s being said about you. I’m the ‘whisperer’. I am socially mobile: Arab, Brit, Indian, Pakistani, Americ ...

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The Wisperer



Twilight in Manama

May 30 - June 5, 2007
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Men seem to like my work,” says Jessica Watson-Thorp, an artist from Australia who has made Bahrain her home for the last four years.

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Twilight in Manama