Archive for September 12th, 2010

Newborn boy found inside trashcan on Gulf Air plane

September 12, 2010
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A healthy newborn boy with the umbilical cord and placenta still attached was found by airport cleaners inside a toilet trashcan of a Gulf Air plane that landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sunday. Gulf Air flight GF 154 from Bahrain landed in Manila at around 11.18 am with more than...
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Bahrain, Togo launch investigation into mysterious match

September 12, 2010
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Bahrain and Togo have launched separate investigations into a football match in which Bahrain hosted a mysterious Togo team last week. The Gulf country won the friendly 3-0 on September 7, but Togo said that it never sent its national squad to Manama and did not know who the players fielded for the match...
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Registration of candidates standing for election to Bahrain’s parliament starts Sunday

September 12, 2010
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Registration of candidates standing for election to Bahrain’s lower chamber is due to start on Sunday evening amid dwindling hopes of a high number of women getting involved in the quadrennial process. Elections hopefuls have five days to register their names in one of the five election supervision bureaus, one for each governorate. Registration...
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Future of aviation to be discussed at Doha summit next month

September 12, 2010
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Influential aviation decision makers will discuss the future of the industry at the Doha Aviation Summit next month, officials in Qatar have said. The three-day summit, to be held on October 30, will be attended by over 200 representatives from global airports, leading airlines, civil aviation authorities, and government agencies and will be hosted...
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More than 300 emergency cases on Eid first day in Qatar

September 12, 2010
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More than 300 people were treated mainly for stomach ailments on the first day of Eid, health officials from the emergency department at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Qatar said. Most of the treated people fasted during the 30 days of Ramadan and suffered indigestion and irritable bowels when they consumed heavy food on...
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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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