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Bahrain Shura agrees $554m for needy in budgetBahrain’s Shura Council has approved the draft budget for 2013-2014, which includes BD210 million ($554 million) to support needy families, a report said. The payments to families will be backdated to January, costing the go More… |
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Bahrain Shura cuts sand dredging penaltiesBahrain’s Shura Council members yesterday reduced proposed penalties for sand dredging violations, a report said. They also restricted punishments to decision makers, after talks last week ended in a stalemate over fears tha More… |
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Bahrain approves big hike in allowancesBahrain has agreed to increase payouts to around 100,000 needy families in an attempt to end the seven-month impasse on the national budget, a report said. Breadwinners with an income less than BD1,000 ($2,618) will be eligible to More… |
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Bahrain steps up traffic penaltiesMotorists in Bahrain could soon face tough new punishments as part of attempts to cut deaths and serious injuries on the kingdom’s roads, according to a new approved unanimously by the MPs. Some fines have been quadrupled as More… |
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Bahrain steps up traffic penaltiesMotorists in Bahrain could soon face tough new punishments as part of attempts to cut deaths and serious injuries on the kingdom’s roads, according to a new approved unanimously by the MPs. Some fines have been quadrupled as More… |
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Bahrain Shura stalls new sand dredging lawBahrain’s Shura Council has stalled a new law regulating the dredging of sand from the seabed stalled yesterday (June 3) over fears that low-paid labourers could be made scapegoats. Council members refused to approve the dra More… |
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Egypt Shura ruled illegal, but to stay onEgypt's supreme constitutional court ruled as illegal the law by which the upper house of parliament was elected but said that the chamber would not be dissolved until a new parliament is in place, judicial s More… |
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Bahrain role ‘key to Arab-African business’Bahrain could play a key role in helping to set up an Arab-African union and business confederation, said a top official. It will be one of the key items on the agenda as the country takes over the presidency of the Association of More… |
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Bahrain MPs vote to ban porkBahrain's MPs have voted to ban pork as part of new amendments to the law, some of which have Islamist overtones, according to a report. They approved amendments to the Penal Code that include criminalising the sale, import, e More… |
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Bahrain MPs vote to ban porkBahrain's MPs have voted to ban pork as part of new amendments to the law, some of which have Islamist overtones, according to a report. They approved amendments to the Penal Code that include criminalising the sale, import, e More… |
