A HISTORIC court ruling yesterday guaranteed compensation for the family of a Bahraini man killed by a rubber bullet fired by security forces during violent clashes outside the US Embassy. The family of Mohammed Juma Ahmed, commonly known as Ahmed Shakhuri because he is from Shakhura, will receive BD50,000 compensation from the Interior Ministry. They …
Month: December 2005
I never thought in all my years that I would read something like this on the front page of a Bahraini paper, let alone witness justice being done: BD50,000 payout over demo death A HISTORIC court ruling yesterday guaranteed compensation for the family of a Bahraini man killed by a rubber bullet fired by security …
A few things that put a smile on my face this morning, I hope these would do the same to you too 😉 : AN unsatisfied customer complained to the police when a prostitute agreed to have sex with him, but then ran off with his cash, sources told the GDN. They said the Moroccan …
We have a new daily newspaper in Bahrain called Al-Watan (The Nation.) It’s first issue was released yesterday, unfortunately I couldn’t get a copy, however although it had good articles, and promises that it will do more investigative journalism and fresh opinion pieces, I am left unimpressed. Maybe because it just “bought” some journalists already …
Is that pleady enough? I’m so waiting for the new Apple iBooks slated for release in January, and I don’t particularly care if they have Intel chips or not, well not that much anyway as I am absolutely fed up of windoze and couldn’t be bothered with Linux on the desktop any more, getting too …