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Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has arrived in New York to begin a new life...
gAn Australian cricketer has been charged with molesting a woman and assaulting her fiance...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Engineers aborted the launch of a privately built spacecraft on a...
ROME: A bomb exploded yesterday outside an Italian high school named after the wife...
MANAMA: Thousands of Bahrainis voiced their support for GCC union during a massive rally in Juffair last night, with one community leader saying it would herald the dawn of a “new Middle East”. National Unity Assembly chairman Dr Shaikh Abdullatif Al Mahmood said a union among Gulf states was long overdue during a speech...
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THAILAND is ready to intensify co-operation with Bahrain in the wake of a visit by Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra last week.She described Bahrain as a “key partner” in the Middle East in an exclusive interview with the GDN following her visit. Tweet
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CARELESS campers have blighted Bahrain’s natural landscape by abandoning everything from carpets and sofas to TVs and wooden palettes in Sakhir.The traditional camping season runs from November to March and sees hordes of families descend on the desert to enjoy the outdoors and cooler weather. Tweet
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HRH the Premier sent a cable to the organisers of the rally yesterday, congratulating them on its success. The rally embodied the noble sense of patriotism to the nation and the Gulf, he said. It reflected their aspirations for a brighter future where the dream of everybody of a Gulf union comes true, added...
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JUFFAIR residents are refusing to back down in a row over a new power station on land previously earmarked for housing.The Manama Municipal Council has now voted against the plant, saying it would occupy more than half of a plot originally set aside for government apartments. Tweet
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Born on April 19, 1897, Jirouemon Kimura is Japan’s oldest person and the world’s oldest man. This past April he celebrated his 115th birthday! Kimura worked at a local post office for 38 years before He changed careers after his retirement at 65 and became a farmer, not stopping until the age of 90....
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MEDICAL staff are being encouraged to only refer child orthopaedic patients for emergency treatment when necessary.More than 125 doctors and nurses from Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC), BDF Hospital and some private medical facilities attended a workshop yesterday on the criteria for referring paediatric orthopaedic patients. Tweet
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BAHRAIN’s biggest union body has pledged to help just over 300 people who allegedly still haven’t returned to work after being dismissed or suspended in connection with unrest last year.They include 165 who were sacked from jobs in the public and private sector, in addition to 49 who were suspended and have yet to...
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TWO Europeans will fly the flag for Bahrain at a high-profile coast-to-coast rally in the US starting next weekend.Britons Damon Cheasley and John Moore will embark on a mammoth journey from Times Square in New York to Los Angeles on Friday in a Lamborghini Spider featuring the Bahraini flag, the country’s map and emblem....
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A BAHRAINI woman is on a mission to eradicate illiteracy in villages by promoting the importance of reading among the country’s children.Eman Al Ghawas founded Bookworms with the aim of making reading fun and exciting for youngsters in the hope of creating avid readers and intellectuals in the years to come. Tweet
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