Al Wefaq, Bahrain’s largest political and religious society may field 24 candidates in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, its secretary general has said. “The number of our candidates in the different constituencies will be between 18 and 24,” Ali Salman said. “We are still in the process of finalizing the list although we have covered...
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Maryam Al Joaan is set to become the first Kuwaiti girl to reach Antarctica after she was selected as a representative of Kuwait Science Club for the Canadian expedition ‘Students on Ice’ bound for Antarctica in February 2011. It is a journey that will be a unique educational opportunity, Maryam told a Kuwaiti daily....
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Two Filipinas were killed in Kuwait this week, one by her husband and the other by her employers. The Egyptian husband has reportedly stabbed his Filipina wife 31 times at a women’s salon in front of shocked colleagues and clients. The killer fled from the scene after the murder, leaving the victim in a...
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Bahrainis will be exempted from presenting security clearances when they visit Iraq during major Shiite gatherings, an Iraqi official has said. “All Iraqi embassies have been told to drop the certificate when processing applications by Bahrainis to visit Iraq during the major religious festivities, such as in the months of Shaaban, Ramadan and Moharram,”...
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Qatar-based Muslims planning to perform Haj (pilgrimage) this year must submit an online application as a first step, officials have said. The online registration with the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs is starting on Sunday and applicants should log onto the website www.hajj.gov.qa to fill in the details. Quoting Ali bin Mubarak Al...
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An Indian school in Qatar will in September implement a high-tech solution that will enable administrators and parents to monitor students’ use of the school buses. The decision was made following the tragic death of a kindergarten student in May after she was left in a locked minivan for hours. Called Automated Child Tracking...
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Kuwaiti embassy in Washington on Saturday confirmed that a Kuwaiti teen has been missing for two days in Florida. The embassy said that it was exerting outstanding efforts and coordinating with the authorities in Kissimmee, Florida, where the 15-year-old girl went missing and in North Platte, Nebraska, where she is believed to have gone....
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Qatar Charity has trained 100 of its employees in jurisprudence and the calculation of Zakat (alms) four weeks before the start of Ramadan. The training programme conducted in three sessions aimed to qualify the participants to assist donors in the calculation of Zakat. Experts in Shariah, Zakat and accounting conducted the workshops in which...
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Thousands of artificially bred hamour (grouper) fingerlings will soon be released into Qatar’s territorial waters soon. The environment ministry hopes that the release of 50,000 baby hamour, each weighing an average of five grams, into the waters near Al Wakra will help boost the country’s fast depleting fish stocks. The release of the fingerlings...
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The US ambassador to Kuwait has pledged to give a local newspaper $5,000 for every journalist detained by the US authorities for his or her political views. Deborah K. Jones made the pledge to Kuwaiti daily Al Rai as she dismissed claims about a contrast in the US human rights policy when the US...
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