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Baby, we did it!

May 23 - 29, 2007
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IN an incredible test of physical, mental and emotional endurance adventurer Sami Kooheji last week became the first person to sail from Bahrain to Dubai non-stop in a dinghy.





Letters to the editor

May 23 - 29, 2007
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Dear Stan,
I just wanted to thank you very much for the fantastic coverage of The Palm Association in GulfWeekly over the past few weeks.





The Wisperer

May 23 - 29, 2007
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You don’t know me; I know you, I know what’s being said about you.





Goal-den days in Italy

May 23 - 29, 2007
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SOCCER-loving children who train at a rugby club in Bahrain enjoyed an international adventure … thanks to an Italian connection.





We’re Orff to have a choral extravaganza

May 23 - 29, 2007
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INSTANTLY recognisable to thousands of people, the spine-tingling music of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana-‘O Fortuna’ has been a part of popular culture for many years now – as a  theme running through movies (Excalibur, Jackass),  TV adverts for an aftershave and beverages and as ‘warm up’ music for live performances of various rock bands.





The line-up

May 23 - 29, 2007
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Taymour El Madany, 11
Alexandre El Habr, 11





Paddy Gilbert

May 23 - 29, 2007
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PADDY Gilbert, aged 11, scored a goal in front of his grandparents, Jeremy and Heather, who travelled from the Emerald Isle to watch him play in Italy.