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Education Ministry: Change in Intermediate Education Certificate Honor List Came after Mistake in Grades
2017-06-16
The Public Relations and Media Directorate at the Ministry of Education has announced a slight change in the honour list of top achievers in the Intermediate Education Certificate. It added that the mistake was monitored after reviewing the exam papers.
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Bahrain Crown Prince Meets US Ambassador in Bahrain
2017-06-15
Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa met with US Ambassador in Manama, William Roebuck
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Bahrain Central Bank Raises Key Rates by 25 bps
2017-06-15
Bahrain's central bank said on Wednesday it was raising key interest rates by 25 basis points after the U.S. Federal Reserve hiked rates.
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Bahrain Denounces Rocket Attack on UAE Ship Leaving Yemen Port
2017-06-15
The Bahraini Foreign Ministry denounced the rocket attack that targeted a UAE ship, while it was leaving Mokha Port in Yemen.
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Saudi and Bahrain Planning New Road and Rail Causeway
2017-06-15
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain plan to build a new road and rail causeway between the two countries to ease congestion on the existing link and will seek funding from the private sector, a document about the project showed.
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Reuters: Defense Lawyers Walk out of Top Bahraini Activist Trial
2017-06-15
Lawyers for a leading Bahraini human rights activist walked out of court after their demand to postpone the trial was rejected by the judge, a rights group reported on Wednesday.
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US Secretary of State: Blacklisting Muslim Brotherhood Complicates Politics of States, Including Bahrain
2017-06-15
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said the classification of the Muslim Brotherhood in its entirety as a "terror" group complicates the security and politics of the Middle East.
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NGOs Call for Nabeel Rajab’s Release on Arrest Anniversary
2017-06-15
14 International NGOs wrote an appeal to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, urging them to call on Bahraini authorities to free Nabeel Rajab.
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Reuters: Bahrain Detains Citizen for Sympathizing with Qatar
2017-06-15
Bahraini authorities detained a citizen for questioning on charges of sympathizing with Qatar on social media, state news agency BNA reported on Wednesday.
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MoE Replaces First Place Student in Primary Schools after Grievance, Despite Ending Right to Grievances in 2017
2017-06-15
Teachers were surprised by the decision of the Ministry of Education to replace and change results of the first place on the honor's list of Bahrain’s primary schools.
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October 11 Scheduled for First Appeal Hearing in Wa’ad Dissolution Case
2017-06-15
The Second Supreme Court of Appeals scheduled October 11 to look into the appeal raised by the National Democratic Action Society – Wa’ad, against the dissolution ruling issued against it.
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Public Prosecution Detains Man for Opposing Anti-Qatar Action
2017-06-15
Chief of Terror Crime Prosecution Advocate General Ahmed Al Hammadi said that the prosecution received a communique, informing that a person expressed on social media his opposition to Bahrain’s decisions against Qatar,
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European MPs Call for Nabeel Rajab’s Release on Arrest Anniversary
2017-06-15
On the anniversary of Nabeel Rajab’s arrest, 37 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from different political groups sent an open letter to Federica Mogherini, urging her to call for his immediate release.
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Ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain Meet Tunisian FM to Discuss Qatar Crisis
2017-06-14
The ambassadors of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Charge d’ Affaires of the Bahraini embassy to Tunisia met yesterday Tunisian Foreign Minister Khmais Al-Jehinawi.
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AP: Bahrain's Pearl Roundabout, Site of 2011 Protests, Reopens
2017-06-14
Bahrain's Pearl roundabout, the focal point of the island kingdom's 2011 Arab Spring protests, has reopened to traffic after being guarded by security forces for years.
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King Hamad Meets Emirates’ Crown Prince, Dubai Ruler to Discuss Qatar Crisis
2017-06-14
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, on Tuesday (June 13, 2017) to meet the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
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Photos: LuaLua Roundabout Area Opened after over 6 Years of Closure
2017-06-14
The Al-Ayam local newspaper published on Wednesday (June 14, 2017) photos for the Pearl (LuaLua) roundabout, the cradle of the popular protests that erupted in February 2011.
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Public Prosecution Arrests Number of Diraz Detainees for 6 Months Pending Investigations
2017-06-14
The Public Prosecution decided to arrest a number of Diraz detainees for 6 months pending investigation; this is the detention duration allowed by the new amendments made to the Terrorism Act used by Bahrain to confront opposers.
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Gov’t Sets Budget, Demands Parliament’s Approval to “Increase Public Debt Ceiling, Utilize FGF”
2017-06-14
The Bahraini Minister of Finance Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa said that the equilibrium price Bahrain needs is $119 per barrel. Meanwhile, the draft law of the general state budget approved by the government was set on basis of $55 only.
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Al-Arab Newspaper: Bahraini Lawyer Prosecutes his Government to Cancel Measures Taken against Qatar
2017-06-14
The Qatari Al-Arab newspaper said that a Bahraini lawyer has filed a lawsuit against his government to cancel the latest political measures taken against Qatar.