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In the swim!

June 11 - 17, 2008
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Swimming lessons can help children socialise, gain water confidence and learn other skills useful both in and out the pool. Lucy Atkins and Shilpa Chandran report. When two-year-old Elizabeth Jelley fell into the family swimming pool she managed to right herself, swim to the edge and hold on to the side.





Gold rush for jewellery

June 11 - 17, 2008
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THE rocketing price of gold has inspired savvy housewives to sell their spare sparklers and cash in on the gold mine of unwanted items lost and forgotten in their dusty boxes.





A thought for environment

June 11 - 17, 2008
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I have always been interested in studying politics and social science subjects.





White gold is now fashionable

June 11 - 17, 2008
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A number of jewellery lovers in Bahrain are having their gold items melted down and remade into more fashionable white gold.





Maha's magic potion

June 11 - 17, 2008
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To save your skin from the summer heat you need more than a bottle of sun screen lotion, says aroma and beauty therapist Maha Danish.





Couple returns home after 43 years in the kingdom

June 11 - 17, 2008
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A LITTLE bit of Britain, or rather Britton, is missing from Bahrain ... now that one of the longest staying expat couples in the kingdom has returned to the UK.





Treat in store for classical music lovers

June 11 - 17, 2008
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Acclaimed conductor Alistair Auld will be waving his baton to the heartbeat of music in Bahrain once more for a classical event which he hopes will be a dazzling affair.





DOGGONE IT! look what have i done

June 11 - 17, 2008
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If you'd told me two years ago that I'd be driving through the desert with two dogs seat-belted in the back of my car I'd have said you were crazy.





The fine art of self-defence

June 11 - 17, 2008
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While accepting that he is not an anger management expert Suhail Algosaib warns all men who think they can move like Jackie Chan that it’s not worth it, writes Anasuya Kesavan.





Energy savings may be lost as people use what they save

June 11 - 17, 2008
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Up to half of the savings gained from energy-efficiency measures could be confounded by "rebound effects", according to experts, because people having invested in saving energy may then use more energy than they save by using their "energy-efficient" car more.





Rough ride ahead for Hummer

June 11 - 17, 2008
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Hummer, one of the Middle East’s best loved motor vehicles, could come under new ownership after General Motors revealed it was launching a strategic review of the brand.