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Bahrain Cinema and Code

2006-06-10T17:28:00.000-07:00

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

Bahrain Chess Honoured

2006-06-10T17:12:00.000-07:00

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

Rich Bahrain Hotels

2006-04-28T15:58:00.000-07:00

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

Book Review - Thicker Than Oil

2006-04-27T20:10:00.000-07:00

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

Islamic Banking in Bahrain

2006-04-25T18:52:00.000-07:00

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

More Flights between Bahrain and Kuwait

2006-04-20T14:22:00.000-07:00

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

Bahrain developing education

2006-04-19T18:37:00.000-07:00

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

Tourist Boat Sinks Near Bahrain

2006-03-30T15:01:00.000-08:00

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

Israeli Software Bought

2006-03-29T19:11:00.000-08:00

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

Record Earning of Israeli Banks

2006-03-28T14:37:00.000-08:00

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

Bank of Israel to cut salaries

2006-03-27T05:03:00.000-08:00

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.

Kosher Phones in Israel

2006-03-23T09:32:00.000-08:00

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

Israel Water Superpower

2006-03-23T06:41:00.000-08:00

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

Israeli Unemployment Drops

2006-03-20T13:33:00.000-08:00

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

Israeli Gas Stations Revolution

2006-03-20T13:18:00.000-08:00

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

Tunnels found in Israel

2006-03-14T14:28:00.000-08:00

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

Israeli plan to attack Iran

2006-03-13T13:46:00.000-08:00

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

Britain Gives A-Bomb to Israel

2006-03-13T11:11:00.000-08:00

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

Rabbis: Destroy Israel

2006-03-13T05:05:00.000-08:00

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

13 insurgents executed in Iraq

2006-03-09T14:12:00.000-08:00

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

Egypt: Arrested For Eating Cheese

2006-03-08T12:09:00.000-08:00

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

Israel for safe surfing

2006-03-08T06:48:00.000-08:00

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

Evidence against Iran

2006-03-07T13:05:00.000-08:00

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

Egypt and Cartoons

2006-03-06T15:14:00.000-08:00

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

Palestine:Hamas Attempting Coup

2006-03-06T12:11:00.000-08:00

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