Manama, Oct. 31 (BNA): Bahrain yesterday won the silver medal for second best pavilion at the Milan Expo in Italy. The international jury awarded the gold and bronze medals to France and China respectively. With 10 distinctive fruit gardens containing trees that will bear fruits at different periods throughout the six-month duration of the exhibition, the pavilion also features archaeological artifacts that Read more [...]

A group of British Members of Parliament have put forward a motion in the UK House of Commons on human rights abuses in Bahrain, calling for the release of Bahraini opposition leaders, mainly Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman.The sponsors of the motion seek to receive as many signatures as possible.This early day motion that was published on the UK Parliament website was submitted by MP Tom Brake and sponsored by five others, in which they expressed "dismay at the ongoing human Read more [...]

A belly dancer is in the dock after she allegedly tried to smuggle crystal meth into Bahrain, said a report. The 42-year-old Thai woman was arrested on August 13 at the customs office of Bahrain International Airport, the Gulf Daily News reported citing the case files. Custom officials found 71gm of the drug, known locally as shabu, and glass pipes of the kind used to smoke methamphetamine in a package that the woman was trying to collect, it added. For futher details visit http://www.gdnonline.com   Read more [...]