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Humming a merry win

July 11 - 17, 2007
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Newspaper delivery boy E P Velayudan has bought prize draw tickets every month for the past 10 years … and finally his number came up with a humdin ...

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Humming a merry win



Budding soccer stars of future

July 11 - 17, 2007
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THE next A’ala Hubail could be learning the trick of his trade in one of the soccer schools aiming to identify the island’s most promising young fo ...

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Budding soccer stars of future



Dilmun cats – a rare Bahraini breed

July 11 - 17, 2007
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THE local Dilmun cats have evolved over the centuries to adapt to Bahrain’s extremely high summer temperatures, and are quite different from other ...

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Dilmun cats – a rare Bahraini breed



Homeland of the domestic moggy

July 11 - 17, 2007
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THE ancestry of the world’s household cats can be traced to just five lineages which lived alongside ancient settlers in the Fertile Crescent, an a ...

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Homeland of the domestic moggy



Fountain of youth

July 11 - 17, 2007
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IT’S a familiar sight the world over: children splashing around in a fountain on a hot summer’s day.

But unfortunately, playing in fountai ...

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Fountain of youth



Speed thrills but kills

July 11 - 17, 2007
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THE other night when my dad was driving back home from his work, he noticed that on the highway there was a lot of commotion and a huge crowd by th ...

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Speed thrills but kills



Arthur puts art in the picture

July 11 - 17, 2007
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BUSY corporate executive Arthur D’Souza has given up the nine-till-five routine to concentrate on his passion for an original photographic art form ...

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Arthur puts art in the picture