Monthly Archives: September 2013

Cop implicated in bar kidnapping, Mexican prosecutors say

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Ampliar Mexico City district attorney Rodolfo Rios holds a press conference. EFE/File Mexico City, Sep 20 (EFE).- A police officer has been arrested in connection with the May 26 kidnapping of 13 people from a Mexico City bar and their subsequent murder, the district attorney said.The suspect, Edgar Ernesto Gutierrez Vega, joined the municipal police force six years ago, Rodolfo Rios told a press conference, adding that Read more [...]

Oposição no Bahrein critica repressão na condução das negociações

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Em geral, quatro partidos secularistas da oposição, assim como o Partido Islamita Al-Wifaq, têm participado de um diálogo com o governo, na sequência da intensificação das manifestações contra o que a Comissão de Investigação Independente do Bahrein acusou constituir violações dos direitos humanos e abusos, em um relatório de 2011, reivindicando uma reforma institucional. A monarquia constitucional do Bahrein tem um governo liderado pelo primeiro-ministro Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Read more [...]

Bahrain makes spectrum available for LTE

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Bahrain mobile operators Batelco, Zain and Viva have received new spectrum licences for LTE, the country's Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced on Thursday.The regulator said it had made the allocation of radio frequencies suitable for mobile services including those based on LTE "a matter of national priority".However, the statement it issued on the subject was not wholly clear. Its wording suggests that spectrum has been allocated in the 900-MHz, 1800-MHz and 2100-MHz bands in Read more [...]

GPIC to Sponsor Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Futsal Cup

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Manama, Sept. 20. (BNA) – In line with its continuous support for the sports and youth sector and assistance for youths in order to develop their skills, upgrade their competence and prepare them for regional and international competitions, the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) announced its sponsorship of the upcoming Khalid bin Hamad Futsal Cup, organised by the Bahrain Football Association Read more [...]

Bahrain issues LTE licences

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by Richard Handford Bahrain’s telecoms regulator has awarded LTE spectrum to the country’s three incumbent mobile operators, after losing an appeal earlier this year. Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) has allocated radio frequencies to Batelco, Viva and Zain. TRA stopped a spectrum auction earlier in 2013 after an appeal by Menatelecom, a local WiMAX operator, which objected to the proposal for the auction to be Read more [...]

Bahrain opposition defies ban on meeting diplomats

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MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain's main Shiite opposition group is defying a ban by the island's Sunni government to have direct contacts with foreign diplomats. Al Wefaq's secretary-general, Sheik Ali Salman, met Norwegian political affairs envoy Hakon Smedsvig on Thursday in the Bahraini capital, Manama. Bahrain's Western-backed monarchy earlier this month banned all diplomatic contacts by political groups unless they receive official permission. The move was sharply criticized by Western Read more [...]

Sleeping boy left alone on Bahrain school bus dies

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Rashid Fadhel Buzuhair was heading to school with his twin brother Abdullah on Thursday morning when he fell asleep on the bus. None of the students, bus driver and supervisor reportedly noticed that he was left behind the bus as they disembarked. His twin, Abdullah, reportedly mentioned that Rashid was sleeping but that no one asked further questions.

Bahrain awards LTE licences to Batelco, Viva, Zain

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Bahrain's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has allocated the necessary spectrum to the current Individual Mobile Telecommunications Licence (IMTL) holders to enable them to provide LTE services. TRA chairman Mohammed Al Amer handed over new frequency licences to the CEOs of Batelco, Zain and Viva at the TRA headquarters. The eligible licensees were invited to respond to a consultation document, which set out TRA's proposals for the award of rights to any or all of Read more [...]

Conflito » Presidente iraniano se oferece para mediar diálogo entre …

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O presidente do Irã, Hassan Rohani, afirmou nesta quinta-feira em uma coluna para o jornal The Washington Post que seu governo está preparado para "ajudar a facilitar o diálogo" entre as autoridades da Síria e a oposição."Devemos unir forças para trabalhar de forma construtiva em direção a um diálogo nacional, seja na Síria ou no Bahrein. Temos que criar uma atmosfera na qual as pessoas da região possam decidir seu próprio futuro", escreveu Rohani.Em uma tentativa de estabelecer uma Read more [...]

Culture Ministry Celebrates Website

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Manama, Sep 19 (BNA) –.The Ministry of Culture has today celebrated the launch of its website http://www.moc.gov.bh The ministry's personnel celebrated the launch ceremony at Café Darsin at the Bahrain National Museum. Senior officials, heads of ministry departments and employees attended the ceremony hosted in honour of the technical and IT team which designed the website. The ministry Read more [...]