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Future envoys

December 5 - 11, 2007
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Over the weekend, around 200 youth delegates from 14 universities in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar gathered in the kingdom to participate in the third Bahrain Universities Model United Nations Conference (BUMUN) - a forum for young people to understand the value of democracy, workings of an international agency and realise the depth of diplomacy required to maintain peace in the world.





Jobs protest outside ministry

December 5 - 11, 2007
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FIVE unemployed young men are staging a demonstration outside the Ministry of Municipality Affairs and Agriculture in Budaiya in a bid to secure jobs.





Highways are not race tracks

December 5 - 11, 2007
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It comes as a huge surprise to foreigners and tourists when they come to visit the kingdom and see what kind of roads we have on the island and the speed at which cars travel every single day.





Reaching out

December 5 - 11, 2007
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If you are looking for an extra pair of hands to carry out your social cause, help is just a telephone call away.





We're 75 and still going strong

December 5 - 11, 2007
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AS Bapco celebrates its 75th anniversary of oil exploration in the kingdom today, Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa will inaugurate the launch of low sulphur diesel production (LSDP) facility to mark the beginning of landmark technical step in the oil refining industry.





A dose of laughter

December 5 - 11, 2007
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Pantomimes are a very British phenomenon ... men dress up as women, the lead character is usually a man played by a woman and the audience keeps shouting "he's behind you".





The deadly companions

December 5 - 11, 2007
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THE_international trade in exotic animals must be stopped in order to protect humans from global pandemics, a leading microbiologist has warned.