REBUILDING LIVES

WOMEN account for the vast majority of unemployed Bahrainis because conservative families are preventing them accepting work in certain fields, according to a government minister.

SIX men accused of attempted murder escaped from police custody yesterday as they were being taken to court.

SECURITY is to be increased at government schools for a second time in the wake of increasing acts of sabotage.

MANAMA: Six men accused of attempted murder escaped from police custody yesterday as they were being taken to court.

MANAMA: A policeman died and two others were injured, one critically, when their patrol vehicle crashed near traffic police headquarters in Isa Town early yesterday.

A GROUP that provides a platform for Bahraini opposition activists has been accused of accepting cash donations from right-wing organisations that campaign against Muslims.

HACKERS targeted the website of a radio station in Bahrain yesterday.

THE Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea and Spa has been named Bahrain's leading spa resort for the second year running.

A DOCTOR and five nurses have been accused of manslaughter after a six-year-old boy suffering from a fever died at a private hospital.

FIREMEN prevented what could have been a major blaze after rubbish at an illegal dumping ground caught fire in Buhair Valley yesterday.

HUNDREDS of people are expected to attend a charity biathlon taking place at Amwaj Islands later this month.

A MAN convicted of forging $96,900 and bringing them into Bahrain has launched an appeal.

RIFFA Views International School (RVIS) yesterday announced it had been authorised as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.

A BAHRAIN court has allowed lawyers to delay submitting their final arguments in the trial of two police lieutenants accused of torturing six medics in custody.

AN investigation has been launched after three cars parked outside a Busaiteen house were gutted in an apparent arson attack yesterday.

A PLAN to demolish old government apartment buildings and rebuild them with twice the number of new flats was unveiled yesterday.

MORE than BD20 million will be spent on infrastructure projects, Works Minister Essam Khalaf told Press after the Cabinet's session yesterday.

STRUGGLING private schools will get government aid to help raise education standards, Education Minister Dr Majid Al Nuaimi told a Press conference after the Cabinet session yesterday.

FOUR ministers showed up for a weekly Press conference after the Cabinet session yesterday, after journalists complained that they were being snubbed.

THE Shura Council's Human Rights Committee held talks with a delegation from Human Rights Centre at University of Nottingham, UK.

HIS Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premier, received senior officials led by the Shura Council chairman Ali Saleh Al Saleh and members of the Shura and parliament.

REPRESENTATIVES of Arab countries are meeting in Manama to map out strategies to woo tourists to a region hit by political upheaval.

DIPLOMATS have criticised Filipinos living in Bahrain for failing to vote in the country's senate elections.

A BAHRAIN company has agreed to reconsider price hikes for chalets on Al Jazair Beach following the intervention of His Majesty King Hamad.

THE Public Prosecution yesterday asserted that it had dropped charges overlapping with the right to exercise the freedom of opinion and expression - in line with the recommendations set by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI).

BAHRAIN and GCC leaders have strongly criticised statements by an Iranian minister as flagrant interference in the kingdom's internal affairs.