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			<title>50 Bahrain firms fined for flouting midday ban</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Ministry of Labour says 50 out of 832 site inspections revealed violations.]]></description>
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			<title>Call for agency for Bahrain housemaids</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Manpower agency should be formed for Indian housemaids in kingdom, says ambassador. ]]></description>
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			<title>Expat residency cap as early as 2010 - Minister</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Five-year limit for unskilled workers in GCC could become law next year. ]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain, UAE launch summer hours work ban</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[About 50 inspectors to monitor construction sites in Bahrain to enforce crackdown.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain signs deal to improve life for Indian workers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Labour Minister inks agreement to protect low-paid workers against rogue bosses.]]></description>
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			<title>Labourers die in blaze at 'illegal' Bahrain camp</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two Bangladeshis perish as fire rips through accommodation as they slept - official.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain's bid to end sponsorship faces opposition from MPs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[MPs want clause to say foreigners must work for one year before swapping employers.]]></description>
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			<title>Reforming the system</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Bahrain's Minister of Labour HE Dr Majeed Al Alawi sat down with CW to discuss recent protests over labour fees, the chances of introducing minimum wage and a new law which will "virtually break" the sponsorship system.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain set to give expat workers more benefits</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ministry of Labour to bring in new regulations in 'major shift in labour policy' - top official.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain unemployment steadies at 3.5%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf state's Labour Minister paints gloomier picture for Arab youth with rate hitting 25%.]]></description>
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			<title>Living labour</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There are believed to be around 250,000 unskilled construction workers living in Bahrain and human rights groups say the vast majority live in dilapidated and dangerous labour camps. Bahrain editor Benjamin Millington gets a firsthand account and takes an in-depth look at the issue.]]></description>
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			<title>Worker in coma after onsite brawl</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahrain's Ministry of Labour has launched an investigation into a worksite brawl at Amwaj Islands last week that left a Vietnamese labourer in a coma.]]></description>
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			<title>Task force idea to raid illegal Bahrain labour camps</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Inspectors would have power to raid camps, fine landlords under proposal.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain launches crackdown on illegal workers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New construction industry blitz as 21,000 companies are found to be violating rules.]]></description>
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			<title>Pushing safety up the agenda</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The head of occupational health and safety for Bahrain’s Labour Ministry, Abdulla Ali Makki, sits down with Bahrain editor Benjamin Millington to offer his candid thoughts on the Kingdom’s safety record. ]]></description>
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			<title>Investigation after Bahrain building site death</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ministry of Labour to act after Indian labourer killed by falling plank of wood.]]></description>
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			<title>Firms face fine as Bahrain bids to protect labourers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Open trucks outlawed as Gulf state cracks down on transfer of workers.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain pledges to protect jobs amid global crisis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Labour minister says gov't is 'doing our best' to ensure slowdown does not hit workers.]]></description>
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			<title>Jail-time sought for unsafe contractors</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The head of occupational health and safety in Bahrain's Labour Ministry has conceded that penalties for breaking safety regulations in the Kingdom are not stiff enough.]]></description>
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			<title>Worker critical in onsite mishap</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A Pakistani construction worker survived having his throat cut by the rotating mechanism of cement mixer at a site on Amwaj Islands in Bahrain on Friday.]]></description>
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			<title>11 labourers hurt in Bahrain elevator plunge terror</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Construction site incident comes as Labour Ministry seeks to increase inspections.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain seeks to increase worksite inspections</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Labour Ministry officials mull proposal for expansion of team to up construction site checks.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain poised to set up new wages watchdog</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wage Council proposal is one measure being discussed at conference on salaries.]]></description>
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			<title>Alarming rise in labourer deaths sparks safety drive</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[12 fatalities during Q1 prompt Bahrain gov't to launch nationwide safety campaign.]]></description>
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			<title>Visa scheme to curb worker abuse</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahrain considers plan to separate residency and work permits as it gears up to end sponsorship system.]]></description>
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			<title>Sponsorship system to be scrapped by year-end</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahrain plans to abolish its sponsorship system as part of measures to liberalise labour market.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain backtracks on deporting striking labourers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Going on strike legitimate, peaceful way for workers to defend interests, minister says.]]></description>
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			<title>Indian minimum wage faces axe</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Proposal for unskilled workers in Bahrain could be scrapped due to protests from contractors and gov't.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai labourers strike over pay</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[S.S. Lootah Contracting employees demand paid annual leave, annual tickets home and 30% pay rise.]]></description>
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