Saturday 28th January, 2012
Canada asks Bahrain to free Canadian protester
OTTAWA, Jan 27, 2012 (AFP) - Canada and Amnesty International Thursday urged Bahrain to release a Canadian arrested during demonstrations last year in the Gulf kingdom and sentenced to five years in ...
Parliament panel to assess future of Gulf Air
Parliament sources said that the committee will study the company’s performance and plans in the context of regional and international ...
Bahrain govt rejects oppn charges over boy's death
The minister of interior rejected the allegation and posted a video in its twitter account showing the boy with no injuries and talking to officers inside the police patrol shortly after his arrest. ...
Bahrain promises to rebuild demolished mosques
MSNBCMANAMA, Bahrain — Bahrain says it will rebuild 12 Shiite mosques demolished by authorities during unrest against the Gulf nation's Sunni-led monarchy. The work seeks to address ...
Oil price waver on Persian Gulf supply concerns
Tampa Bay OnlineIranian leaders are scheduled to debate the ban Sunday in response to EU plans to embargo Iran's oil by summer because of that country's nuclear program. Investors worry that any ban could ...
Foreign Correspondents’ Club Denounces Attack on Al Arabiya Photographer
Bahrain News AgencyManama, Jan. 27. (BNA) - The Foreign Correspondents' Club today denounced the attack on and detention of "Al Arabiya" photographer Shaikh Al Din Abdulla Ahmed by a group of people ...
BJA Condemns Detention of Al Arabiya Photographer
Bahrain News AgencyManama, Jan. 27. (BNA) - The Bahraini Journalists Association (BJA) today condemned in the strongest terms the detention of "Al Arabiya" photographer Shaikh Al Din Abdulla Ahmed by a group ...
Over Half a Million Copies of the Holy Quran Donated so far
Bahrain News AgencyManama, Jan. 27. (BNA)-- A total of 524. 515 copies of the Holy Quran have been donated so far within the "One Million Copies of the Holy Quran-Bahrain's Gift to Africa" campaign, ...
5 Asians Holding Forged Passports Arrested
Bahrain News AgencyManama, Jan. 27. (BNA) - Five people holding forged British passports were arrested today at the Bahrain International Airport, Assistant Undersecretary of Exists, Search and Follow-up at the ...
RCO Signs Agreement to Build Bahrain Teachers Institute in Somalia
Bahrain News AgencyLondon, Jan. 27. (BNA) - Upon directives from His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and in the presence of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) Shaikh ...
Platini Renews Call to Hold 2022 World Cup in Winter
Bahrain News AgencyLondon, Jan. 27. (BNA) -- UEFA President Michel Platini has renewed his calls for the 2022 World Cup to be held in winter instead of summer. Platini, widely regarded as the successor of FIFA ...
Bahrain police deny killing protesters, opposition says otherwise
bikyamasrBahrainis protest against government. DUBAI: Bahrain’s security forces have denied claims made by human rights groups and opposition activists on Thursday that police were responsible for ...
Dr. Al Ka’abi Pays Visit to Fawzi Nass Stable
Bahrain News AgencyManama, Jan. 27. (BNA) - Within the National Strategy of Sustainable Agricultural Development aiming to take interest in animal health and enhance animal production, Municipalities Affairs and Urban ...
Wise Leadership sends congratulatory cables
Bahrain News AgencyManama, Jan. 27. (BNA) - His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yesterdy sent a congratulatory cable to the Indian President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil and the Governor-General of the ...
CPD Confiscates Toys from Autumn Fair
Bahrain News AgencyManama, Jan. 27. (BNA) - The Consumer Protection Directorate (CPD) at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said yesterday it had received a number of complaints from visitors of Bahrain Autumn ...
“ One Million Copies of the Holy Quran-Bahrain’s Gift to Africa” drive launched
Bahrain News AgencyManama, Jan. 26 (BNA)-- The " One Million Copies of the Holy Quran-Bahrain's Gift to Africa" campaign, which is organized by the Information Affairs Authority (IAA), got underway ...
20 militants killed in NW Pakistan
Bahrain News AgencyIslamabad, Jan.27 (BNA) - Security forces have killed at least 20 militants and wounded dozens of others after coming under attack in the country''s northwest, according to reports from ...
Kuwait contributes USD 10 million to IAEA
Bahrain News AgencyVienna, Jan. 27 (BNA) - Kuwait has signed here Friday an agreement in which it will contribute a sum of USD 10 million to the International Atomic Energy Agency''s (IAEA) nuclear fuel ...
Bahrain urged to review Ottawa man's case
General SourcesCanada is "extremely disappointed" with reports that a Canadian was tortured while in a Bahrain prison and has asked the Bahraini government to review his case, a cabinet minister ...
Bahrain criticised over tear gas
General SourcesAmnesty International has called for an investigation into what it says is the misuse of tear gas by Bahraini security forces. The organisation says that more than a dozen deaths may have resulted ...
Factbox: Key political risks to watch in Bahrain
MSNBCDUBAI — Clashes between police and mainly Shi'ite protesters in Bahrain have increased in intensity in the past month as the anniversary of the February 14 uprising for democratic ...
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