Archive for July 14th, 2010

Bahrain sentences 14 Chinese nationals to two months in prison for using fake passports

July 14, 2010
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Bahrain’s lower court has sentenced 14 Chinese nationals to two months in prison for using fake passports. The accuseds, who will be deported after they serve their sentence, had fake Japanese passports when they attempted to enter Bahrain in May. According to the local police, they claimed they had paid large sums of money...
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Asian embassies welcome Kuwaiti move to make employers pay domestic helpers through banks

July 14, 2010
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They are fully dedicated to their work and endeavour to offer the best services. They toil day and night, winter and summer and they rarely utter a word of objection. They have come a long way from home, leaving behind loved ones and familiar way of life to immerse themselves among strangers and in...
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Qatar sizzling as temperatures soar to 53 degrees Celsius

July 14, 2010
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Qatar sizzling as temperatures soar  to 53 degrees Celsius

Qatar sizzled as the mercury shot up to 50 degrees Celsius, making for the hottest daytime the country has witnessed in recent years and prompting calls to private and public companies not to expose their workers to the sun in the coming days. Though the Met department recorded the country’s maximum temperature at 50...
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Qatar says it opposes internationalization of the Yemen unity issue as calls for secession are getting louder in the country’s south

July 14, 2010
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Qatar says it opposes internationalization of the Yemen unity issue as calls for secession are getting louder in the country’s south

Qatar said that it opposed the internationalization of the Yemen unity issue and offered to help in safeguarding territorial integrity as calls for secession are getting louder in the country’s south. “Qatar does not accept the internationalization of what is happening in Yemen and opposes anyone who thinks of giving the issue international dimensions,”...
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Born August 3, 1960 in Monastir, Tunisia
Career
Media career:
  • ABC News (Tunisia)
  • Bahrain Tribune
  • Gulf News
  • Bahrain Television News
Teaching career:
  • Monastir (Tunisia)
  • University of Bahrain
Education
  • MA  Mass Communications, University of Leicester
  • BA  in English & US literature and studies, University of Tunis
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