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---- VolXXIXNO.201 Saturday7th October 2006 ---- HOME LOCAL WORLD BUSINESS SPORT WHATS ONCOMMENTLETTERS CARTOONSHOROSCOPE CLASSIFIEDSADVERTISEARCHIVESHaya vows to fight poverty--picture-- caption-- --body text-- Fighting poverty is a key strategic goal for United Nations General Assembly President Shaikha Haya bint Rashid Al Khalifa. Speaking to the Press at the UN headquarters in New York last nightBahrains Shaikha Haya said she is calling upon nations to translate their commitments into action by holding a debate to help bring donors, recipients of aid, non-government organisations (NGOs) and banks under one roof to study ways to make this world a better place for all its people. Traders still paying duty--picture-- caption-- --body text--BAHRAIN businesses trading with the US may still be paying duty on customs-free products because they havent amended their paperwork.Bahrain Export Development Society (BEDS) chairman Dr Yousef Mashal said 96 per cent of Bahrains industrial and agricultural products now received immediate duty-free access to the US markets because of the Bahrain-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA), but some traders were missing out.20 unsafe firms face shutdown--picture-- caption-- --body text--TWENTY companies in Arad, ordered to close because of safety violations, are embroiled in a new row with Muharraq Municipal Council.Some of the companies have applied to the council for permission to build labour camps within their compounds or premises.More today in :LOCAL --story--Secret hearing for abuse cases--story--Bridges cutdrain risks--story--Clumsy conman--story--Tug-of-love case takes new twist --Title--Marine killed Iraqi civilian--picture--caption----body text-- CAMP PENDLETON, California: A US Navy medic admitted yesterday taking part in the kidnap of an Iraqi civilian killed by his squad and said the execution-style murder was prompted by his patrol leaders anger at the release of a suspected terrorist from Baghdads Abu Ghraib prison. Petty Officer Melson Bacos, 21, and the seven Marines he accompanied on an April patrol were charged with seizing Hashim Ibrahim Awad, 52, from his home, killing him and placing an AK-47 assault rifle, spent bullets and shovel next to his body to suggest he was trying to plant a roadside bomb. --Title--Rebel faction kills 49 Tigers--picture--caption----body text-- COLOMBO: Forty-nine Tamil Tiger rebels were killed yesterday in a raid by a breakaway faction in eastern Sri Lanka, a spokesman for the group said.The group, known as the K-faction, overran three Tamil Tiger camps in the Vaharai area of eastern Batticaloa district, said spokesman T Thuyavan said. It was not immediately possible to verify the claim independently. --Title--Straw defends veil remarks--picture--caption----body text-- LONDON: Former British foreign minister Jack Straw yesterday defended his call for Muslim women to remove their veils despite a storm of protests - and went further, saying he would like veils not to be worn at
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