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Students courting success

June 24 - 30, 2015
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STUDENTS participating in the competitive Bahrain Private School Sports League (BPSSL), sponsored by GulfWeekly, have this week been celebrating the closing of its basketball season, with a recap of the results and championship winning sides.





Bahrain pupils up for skills test

June 24 - 30, 2015
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The kingdom’s quick-thinking and smart-talking school pupils will be putting their gift of the gab to the test at an international academic decathlon with the aim of securing cup glory.





Multi-storey tower opens for business

June 24 - 30, 2015
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Ashrafs, an electronics and home accessory retailer, has unveiled its new multi-storey business tower and revamped showroom complex in one of the busiest shopping areas of Manama.





Morag from Manama

June 24 - 30, 2015
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It’s been a funny old week, there seems to be something in the air? Every corner I turn I am hearing accounts of bullying. Worryingly, the source of the bullying appears to kick off at school here in Bahrain.





Book Club

June 24 - 30, 2015
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BOOK OF THE WEEK with Linda Jennings. A God In Ruins, Kate Atkinson, ISBN 9780385618717 (Doubleday) BD7.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members