Month: October 2005

MPs reject lifting Israeli boycott

Furious MPs yesterday slammed the door on any political or economic relations with Israel. There were angry outbursts in Parliament, despite assurances by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa that there was no such move. “We have no plans to forge relations with Israel, whether financially, politically or diplomatically,” he said at parliament’s …

Skype blocked?

Just heard from a regular reader that Batelco has blocked the popular Skype service. Can anyone confirm if this is true please? And if anyone knows any way around this block, please post it! Batelco you should be ashamed of yourselves, cornering markets is a lot easier than innovation and you have been doing an …