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Controversial movie Da Vinci Code gets it's screening at Bahrain. Dana Mall is the only cinema complex in the country showing the film and is anticipating a huge demand for tickets.Bahrain Ministry of Information approved that movie. The movie will be shown not only in Bahrain but also in Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab EmiratesBahrain has an estimated 140,000 Catholics from countries around

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Bahrain's national chess team members, the Ayyad brothers Maher and Hussain, and Shaker Al Afoo qualified as Federation Masters at the World Chess Olympiad which concluded in Turin, Italy.Maher and Hussain were given this title following their impressive performance at the Olympiad. Al Afoo was also given this title after his good results at the previous edition of the Olympiad in Moscow.Bahrain

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Tourism at Bahrain has good years. Good infrastructure and looking for tourist needs are fundamental for success. This year Bahrain Hotels Company /BHC/ reported 35% increase in net profit during the first quarter of the current year in comparison to the same period last year.The BHC chairman said that the company has achieved $3.71 million net profits during the first quarter in 2005 /this year

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Interesting discussion about book from Rachel Bronson Director of Middle East Studies - Thicken Than Oil. It's not strict review but discussion about whole problems. Interesting stuff.The U.S. and Saudi Arabia had been allies for decades before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but the relationship between the two nations came under increasing scrutiny as the U.S. shifted its focus to the threat of

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Bahrain will host on May 7 and 8, the second annual World Conference on Islamic Investment Funds and Capital Markets 2006, to be held under the theme of " Grasping Opportunities offered by Islamic Monetary Markets " in association with Al Tawfeeq Investment Funds Company, Al Baraka Banking Group, Al Amin Bank and Al Baraka Islamic Bank. Last year the first annual World Islamic Funds Conference

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Gulf Air passengers travelling between Bahrain and Kuwait will soon have more flight choices to choose from.With effect from 1 May 2006, Gulf Air will be flying three times daily between Bahrain and Kuwait with an additional daily flight during night. This makes it a total of 21 flights per week from its current 17 services per week. "The increased services from Kuwait mean excellent onward

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Bahrain is seeking India's contributions in developing the country's technical education, Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa has said. Bahrain Crown Prince made the comments as he received at his court Indian Ambassador Balakrishna Shetty and BITIC director Professor T R Ranganath. He hailed the growing relations and mutual co-operation between India and Bahrain in many areas

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A tourist boat carrying up to 150 people sank Thursday night in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Bahrain, and at least 44 bodies had been recovered, the country’s interior minister said. Interior Minister Sheik Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa said at least 52 people had been rescued. The passengers were thought to be a mix of Bahrainis, nationals of other Gulf Arab nations and Westerners. Health

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BMC Software today announced it's agreed to buy diagnostic software maker Israeli Identify Software for $150 million. "In the last three years, with the acquisitions and new development here, we now have some strong growth businesses in our company," said Bob Beauchamp, president and CEO of BMC.Israeli company Identify /founded in 1996/, formerly known as Mutek Solutions, is the parent of the

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Israel’s three largest banks, Hapoalim, Leumi and Discount, are expected to present record earnings for this year on Wednesday, continuing the trend of the past two years. Top five israeli banks are expected to show revenue of NIS 7 billion between them. Although profits are higher than previous year, Israel still have some ground to cover in international terms: Hapoalim is expected to present

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It affects top level only. Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer also decided that the bank's top people will be employed through personal contracts from now on. This reform in management employment terms and pay is part of a wider manpower reform at the central bank. The executive pay cuts will be of the same magnitude as the other workers face; the cutbacks are expected to be progressive.

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Israeli orthodox rabbis are happy. They will have their own safe phone lines. Cable, internet and fixed-line provider Hot was recently approached by the rabbis committee for communication affairs and asked to provide the haredi sector in Israel with a 'kosher' phone line service, Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday. New serwice will be blocked for adult calls, a blocking

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Waterfronts Israel Water Alliance, on Wednesday presented its strategy to turn Israel into a "world water technology superpower." Waterfronts will work to integrate government policy to assist in realizing the growth potential of Israel's water sector; to turn Israel's water industry into a brand recognized worldwide; to establish international standards related to advanced water technologies; to

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Unemployment in Israel continues to decline. In the period from December 2005 to January 2006 the jobless rate was 8.7%, or 241,000 jobless - the lowest unemployment rate in 12 years in November and October it was 8,8%.This rate of israeli unemployment is lowest in the last 12 years. Unemployment in Israel has been steadily declining since reaching a peak of 10.9% at the end of 2003. Sources in

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As of April 2 of this year, the official price of fuel in Israel will be that offered at self-service pumps rather than full-service gas stations. The new measure will lower gas prices and will force full-service stations to offer the discounted self-service rate. In addition, stations that do not offer a self-service pump would not be able to charge extra for nighttime, holiday, or Shabbat

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More informations like this from Israel will be better than tons of news about palestinian-israeli violence. Underground chambers and tunnels used probably during a Jewish revolt against the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago have been uncovered in northern Israel /in israeli Arab village Kfar Kana/, archaeologists said Monday. Archeologists say they`ve found remains north of Nazareth of the Jewish

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The Israeli media was dominated by one story on Friday — comments made by Israel’s former military chief of staff concerning Iran's nuclear programme. Speaking at the Hudson Institute in Washington, Moshe Ya'alon suggested that Israel is well-equipped to attack Iran and has the means to defend itself against possible missile attack /more info about israeli anti-ballistic system /.Photo:IDFMoshe

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According to a recent BBC 2 report, it was Britain, under the government of Harold Wilson, that supplied Israel with plutonium to build an israeli atomic bomb. In 1966 Israel asked Britain to supply 10mg of Plutonium. Although this was a small amount , and Israel would have required almost 5 kilos of plutonium to build an israeli atom bomb, British officials were warned this had "significant

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Some radical Jewish rabbis are supporting destruction of Israel. Leading rabbis of Neturei Karta, an 'anti-Zionist' group of ultra-Orthodox Jews who consider the existence of Israel an abomination, met with Vice President Gholamreza Aghazadeh, the top-selling Yediot Aharonot reported.The group's spokesman, Rabbi Dovid Weiss, was quoted as supporting Ahmadinejad's call during an interview on

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Iraqi authorities hanged 13 insurgents Thursday, marking the first time militants have been executed in the country since Saddam Hussein was ousted, the government said. “The 13 terrorists were tried in different courts and their trials began in 2005 and ended earlier this year,” an official of the Supreme Judiciary Council said, speaking on condition of anonymity due to fears of reprisal from

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Very strange story about christian man arrested in Egypt for eating danish cheese. I don't think that story is true but here are words of the autor."Now, provided that this story is in fact true, I believe he was most probably arrested after arguing with his Muslim neighbors about Denmark. Afraid of religiously motivated communal tensions, the police just arrested the guy. He has been locked up

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Today is at Israel National Safe Internet Day. A “safe surfing” site has been launched by the israeli government, including information specifically directed to parents, children (aged 5-11) and youth (aged 12-17). Thousands of parents participated in the event, which highlighted the dangers of the Internet to children. Israeli program was co-sponsored by amongst others: Microsoft Israel, the

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Show must go on. Do you remember funny artworks from Langley ? Colin Powell presented to whole world dangerous Weapons of Mass Destruction. Weapons were produced on some mysterious trucks /copyright CIA painters/.Now new cartoons are coming. We have nice pictures of nuclear weapons from Iran. And those pictures are probably same danger as well remembered CIA trucks.According to Time magazine, the

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Students at Cairo University in Egypt found a way how to respond to danish Muhammad cartoons accident. Students defend respect for religion with ...... their own satiric cartoons. Isn't egyptian way better than burning flags, destroying embassies and so on?One showed a Danish strongman struggling to balance weights labeled "freedom of speech" and "respect for religion." Another showed a man

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Winner of parliamentary elections in Palestine Hamas is taking more power to his hands. They are reducing new powers /that Fatah on the last session of old parliament - after elections - awarded him/ of Palestine prezident Abbas. Fatah tried to limit Hamas, but it look like that Hamas do not want to take it easy.Hamas has 74 seats in the new Palestine parliament and Fatah just 45, and the first

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New rulers of Palestine don't want support from Al-Quaeda. Strange, many media suggested that they are allies ?Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal said the movement had "its own vision" and did not need al-Qaeda's advice. A Hamas official in Gaza, said: "Hamas believes that Islam is completely different to the ideology of Mr. al-Zawahiri."Zawahiri urged Hamas to "continue the armed struggle"

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Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned world that Iran nuclear ambitions are "a major threat to all the civilized world." Israel cannot curb the Iranian nuclear threat on its own, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a satellite speech before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Sunday. Countering Iran cannot be done alone, Olmert told those in attendance as he asked for

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Al-Quaida no 2 /and probably no 1 in Iraq/ explained in the video broadcast on Al-Jazeera what is his view on Mohammad cartoons."They did it on purpose and they continue to do it without apologising, even though no one dares to harm Jews or to challenge Jewish claims about the Holocaust nor even to insult homosexuals." "The insults against Prophet Mohammad are not the result of freedom of

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Two days ago Gaddafi released Muslim Brotherhood activists link. And Egyptian security forces arrested today seven members of this banned group. Abdul Munem Mahmoud, the Muslim Brotherhood official, said seven members of the group, all university organizers, were arrested during a raid on their Cairo apartment."Security men broke into the apartment and arrested the young men and took them to an

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Just another point of view in case of "humanitarian interventions"-----------A lot of the articles in professional military journals are well worth reading, even for general audiences. It does take getting used to some jargon. The whole military has been going through an extended program called the "revolution in military affairs" (RMA), or "transformation". So lots of the articles work in

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Yes, we know, attackers from Israel are only mad or ill people. There is never racism, terrorism and so on.-----Jewish man, his Christian wife and their 20-year-old daughter enter Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth disguised as pilgrims and proceed to throw firecrackers;13 police officers, 13 civilians hurt in incident and ensuing violence. The incident during a service late on Friday caused

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Saudi Arabia's longstanding ban on female drivers went an extra mile this week when women were barred from using golf carts to move around a cultural festival, according to Saudi newspapers.According to Seham Al-Dosary, an organizer from the company supplying the carts, no clear reasons were given for the decision.“We suggested to the festival organizers that they use small golf carts for

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Maybe Iranian nuclear program isn't so dangerous. Israeli experts maybe found solution and there will be no further need of international pressure on Teheran. Israel's Arrow 2 anti-ballistic missile system is capable of intercepting and destroying any Iranian missiles, even were they to carry nuclear warheads, a high-ranking IDF officer told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. While Iran is Israel's

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Every day new opinion. Today's version is: "The issue of recognition is a done issue. We are not going to recognise Israel," Mohammed Nazzal, a senior official accompanying exiled Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal, told reporters after their delegation arrived in Moscow.And older version was :Palestinian Authority Ambassador to Russia Baker Abdel Munem stated the radical Palestinian movement

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Hamas said on Thursday that the movement had no intelligence information on al-Qaida cells in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. It is response to President Abbas words from interview published on Thursday with the London-based Arab daily el-Hayat: "We have signs of an al-Qaida presence in the West Bank and Gaza. The infiltration of al-Qaida can ruin the whole region," he said.Salah Al-Bardaweil /

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Is Mr Bush listening? His boys in Iraq are screaming: Get Us Out of Here!A new Zogby poll shows 72 percent of U.S. forces fighting the war think the U.S. should get out within the next year. And 29 percent say the pullout should happen immediately.Other interesting results of Zogby poll: While the administration keeps going on about "foreign fighters" being the problem in Iraq, only 26% of the

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Libyan authorities released 130 political prisoners on Thursday, including 83/Reuters/ /84 AlJazeera/ /85 BBC/ members of the Muslim Brotherhood, a Libyan activist said.The Brotherhood detainees were freed under an amnesty from the government. The BBC's Rana Jawad in Tripoli says this latest decision seems to be the product of more than a year of lobbying by the local Qadaffi Charity Foundation

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The Kurdish and Sunni political factions of Iraq are opposed to incumbent Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari staying on in his post in the next government, a Kurdish leader said on Thursday, AFP reported. Last month, al-Jaafari was re-selected for the post of prime minister by Iraq''s dominant Shiite United Iraqi Alliance after it won 128 out of 275 parliamentary seats in the December general

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Western world knows only a little about modern art in the middle east. So this article about modern art in Egypt can by very interesting--------A beautiful online gallery for Egyptian modern and contemporay artists is built to serve as a window for Egypt's modern art that is usually overlooked due to the populatrity and fame of ancient Egypt.The site also serves as a gateway for art collectors

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Friendlies Iran 3-2 Costa RicaKarimi (9.), Daei (15.), Hashemian (34.):Hernandez (43.), Fonseca (60.)Portugal 3-0 Saudi ArabiaRonaldo (30., 85.), Maniche (45.)Tunisia 0-1 Serbia and MontenegroKezman (12.)Turkey 2-2 Czech RepublicUmit (89., 90.):Poborsky (20.), Stajner (61.)2007 Asian Cup Qualifying India 0-3 YemenIraq 2-1 ChinaKuwait 0-0 BahrainOman 3-0 JordanPalestine 1-0 SingaporeQatar 2-1

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The Arabsat 4A telecommunications satellite owned by the Saudi ARABSAT company was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It was atop a rocket equipped with an additional booster stage, the Russian Federal Space Agency said in a statement.The rocket successfully delivered the satellite to a preliminary orbit, but the booster failed to function properly and could not deliver the

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Jordanian police have foiled a planned suicide bombing by al-Qaida in the kingdom and arrested two Iraqi militants and a Libyan, state-run media said /Al Arabiya said the militants, were Saudi nationals/.Police are hunting several other militants, including a Saudi Arabian and three Iraqis.There was no mention if the arrests were related to today’s three prison riots in Jordan that ended after a

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Kuwait has made its first, major natural gas discovery at an onshore field in its northern territory, senior oil executives said Monday. Official estimates of the amounts of gas found were expected to be released soon. Kuwait badly needs natural gas to meet the rising fuel demands of it electrical power plants and desalination stations, and to further grow its booming petrochemical industry. For

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War in Iraq increased danger of terrorist attacks. This is opinion of people across the world from BBC poll. Some 60% of people in 35 countries surveyed believe in increased the likelihood of terrorist attacks worldwide, against just 12% who think terrorist attacks have become less likely. In most countries, more people think removing Saddam Hussein was a mistake /45%/ than think it was the right

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Bombing the holy shrines was most probably work of some Zarqawi terrorists /not insurgents and normal people that just don't want occupation/"I stress that the bombing of the shrine was not an act of the Sunnis of Iraq, but the Zarqawists and the Saddamists," said Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), the leading party in the Shia United Iraqi

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Ismail Haniyah, chosen by the militant group Hamas to serve as Palestinian prime minister, could be a target for assassination if Hamas carries out suicide bombings, a former Israeli security chief Avi Dichter said on Friday. "I see no situation in which Haniyya enjoys immunity just because he is the prime minister," said Dichter."In my eyes he was and remains a terrorist, whatever he does ... If

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A senior Israeli government official has warned that the Palestinian Authority would define itself as a 'hostile entity' if the new Hamas-led government did not recognise Israel's right to exist.Israeli authorities have given Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas 60 days to liquidate terrorist groups in Palestinian Authority, online edition of Ash Sharq Al Awsat informs.USA wants Palestine

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Unique project at Saudi Arabia. Fighting with extremist with religious approach. Report from Memri /The Middle East Media Research Institute/---------------In its efforts against domestic terrorism, the Saudi regime is attempting to fight Islamist ideas such as tafkir (accusing other Muslims of apostasy) against the regime and its clerics. One method being used is "reeducation" of extremists.Two

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The Polish government should prevent Iranian experts from conducting research on the scale of the Holocaust in Poland, Foreign Minister Stefan Meller said yesterday in Warsaw."Under no circumstances we should allow something like that to take place in Poland,"“My view is that in no case should we allow this situation,” Meller said, quoted by the Polish news agency. “It is below any imaginable

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Kuwait’s new emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has appointed his brother and nephew as crown prince and prime minister, giving the senior three posts in the Gulf state to his branch of the ruling family.Kuwait will deal with Hamas as the legitimate Palestinian representatives when it takes office, Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem

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Iran has restarted uranium enrichment work. It had begun feeding uranium gas into centrifuges - a first step in a process that can produce fuel for nuclear reactors or bomb material.Putting uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gas into centrifuges, which distill out enriched uranium, would be a major escalation by Iran in its face-off with the West over a nuclear program which the United States charges

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Hariri's death in a truck bombing on 14 February 2005 prompted huge street protests and the withdrawal of Syrian forces stationed in Lebanon.Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud said on Monday that his government and he himself are determined to reveal the truth of the assassination.Top Syrian officials have been implicated in Hariri's murder, and President Bashar Assad was entangled in a

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