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On the run to support fallen hero

February 19 - 25, 2014
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Riffa Views International School (RVIS) students hosted a charity run in support of the Terry Fox Foundation, which supports cancer research and prevention, writes Stan Szecowka.
 
A running course was set up around the new FIFA-regulation-size soccer pitch and the RVIS school campus for grades 1-10 while the Early Childhood students ran around the tennis courts.





It takes two!

February 19 - 25, 2014
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TEACHERS Rory Adamson and Julia Doorne are tackling their toughest acting assignment to date portraying a university professor and a working class adult student in the latest Manama Theatre Club production to be staged at the British Club of Bahrain.





Maths wizards

February 19 - 25, 2014
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Two of Bahrain’s brightest budding mathematicians have walked away with the top spots in a national study.





Green homes and sophisticated gardens

February 19 - 25, 2014
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The latest greenhouses, as well as ‘green walls and roofs’ and sophisticated kitchen gardens will be showcased at the Bahrain International Garden Show (BIGS) this year.





Slowhand waves goodbye

February 19 - 25, 2014
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IT has been said that in order to play the blues, you have to live the blues and Eric Clapton has done precisely that. From failed marriages, drug and alcohol addiction, death and tragedy, he has risen like a phoenix from the ashes and continues to inspire fans with his iconic riffs and indomitable spirit in the face of adversity.
 
The global superstar came from humble beginnings. Eric Patrick Clapton was born on March 30, 1945, in his grandparents’ home in Ripley, Surrey, England.