Bahrain could be without fresh seafood if its fishermen moved ahead with a threat to go on strike on Saturday. The inability to address long-standing problems facing fishermen for the last one year have prompted them to take action to press for their rights, Waheed Al Dossary, the honourary president of the Bahrain Fishermen...
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh has highlighted the “important partnership” between NATO and the Gulf members of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI), saying that the alliance and the Gulf countries had to confront common security threats. “We face common challenges and threats, such as failed states, terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, piracy...
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Al Menbar Islamic Society on Monday denied a claim that it held meetings with the British ambassador currently at the centre of a controversy in Bahrain and challenged him to publish their dates. “We deny categorically the claim made in the statement issued by the British embassy about members from Al Menbar meeting the...
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