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Garden plan blooming

November 5 - 11, 2008
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IN less than two years Riffa residents will have a massive multi-million dinar garden in their area where they can enjoy an outing with their relatives and friends.





Life or death highway race

November 5 - 11, 2008
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Another week and another rant! Please bear with me this week since I find this column a great place to vent out my anger at the way society continues to fail to protect the many children on their way to school each day.





Stepping out on a desert challenge

November 5 - 11, 2008
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Charity champion Sarah Clarke, 43, who lives near Hamala and teaches autistic youngsters how to cook, has just completed an incredible challenge in Jordan to raise funds to educate needy children living in some of the worst slums in Asia. This is her story ...





Green drive by school

November 5 - 11, 2008
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With registrations now closed for The Riffa Views Eden Challenge 2009, schools and students all across Bahrain will be starting to plan their project entries with the hope that come January next year, when the competition's judging takes place, they will be fortunate enough to be selected as one of the Riffa Views Eden Challenge 2009 Category Winners.





Coming to the boil at Seef!

November 5 - 11, 2008
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SOME of Bahrain's brightest chefs will be putting their culinary skills to the test in a new hot competition that has the kitchens across the kingdom buzzing with anticipation.





Sweet smell of success at Bahrain City Centre

November 5 - 11, 2008
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AS part of their expansion plans for the year, perfumers Syed Junaid Alam has spread its wings in the kingdom with the inauguration of its new branch at the Bahrain City Centre.





Ritz-Carlton wins major awards

November 5 - 11, 2008
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THE Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel & Spa won The World Travel Awards 2008 for being Bahrain's leading hotel and leading spa resort.





Pupils paint for posterity

November 5 - 11, 2008
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YOUNGSTERS attending St Christopher's Primary this year will have their schooldays marked for posterity thanks to a project which will see their artwork used to decorate the new building.





By ASMA SALMAN

November 5 - 11, 2008
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THE adrenaline-fuelled Think Pink month of October finally came to an end with the culmination of the gala dinner at Radisson SAS hotel where 400 people attended the event to show support for the cause.





Book aims to dispel US-Arab fallacies

November 5 - 11, 2008
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IGNORANCE is the real enemy of both the Arab world and the West according to US author Mary Coons who has written a book aimed at dispelling some age-old preconceptions.