Only six women have registered to stand for election to Bahrain’s lower chamber in two days amid growing concerns that the 2002 and 2006 scenarios would be repeated. In 2002, the first elections to be held after a three-decade constitutional hiatus, none of the women candidates in the parliamentary and municipal elections won. In...
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A Kuwaiti geologist has warned that the location of the recently-opened Bushehr nuclear reactor in Iran in an earthquake zone could mean catastrophic radiation leak consequences in the event of a major tremor. “The ominous results will be similar to those of the Chernobyl disaster for the whole region,” Dr Jassem Al Awadhi, a...
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Two Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) will be Qatar’s entry to the worldwide search for the 2010 Model OFW Family of the Year Awards in the Philippines. Dayang Dayang Sitti Jaafar, welfare officer of the Philippine Overseas Labour Office-Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, said the two nominations submitted to their office were just in time for...
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About 10,000 expatriates have applied to perform haj (pilgrimage) this year, as the deadline for the online registration ended on September 9. However, registration will remain open for Qatari nationals until the end of the Hijri month of Dhu’l-Qa’da. With nearly three million Muslims converging in Makkah for the annual ritual, the Saudi authorities...
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