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			<title>Healthcare costs puts Bahrain's free service in jeopardy</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Prohibitive costs mean the government cannot go on providing free healthcare - minister.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi confirms another 2 swine flu deaths</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Health ministry says latest fatalities bring the number of deaths in Kingdom to 36.]]></description>
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			<title>Officials divided over school swine flu closures</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Health officials speak out against decision to close all schools in Bahrain until Oct.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi confirms 3 more swine flu deaths</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Latest fatalities bring to 26 the total number of deaths according to Saudi Health Ministry.]]></description>
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			<title>Second swine flu death confirmed in UAE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Heath ministry says 30-year old Pakistani woman succumbed to H1N1 virus.]]></description>
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			<title>Inspectors catch 14,000 flouting Bahrain smoking ban</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Health officials step up campaign to stop smoking in public places.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain to order alternative to Tamiflu</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Officials order the drug Relenza to treat any Tamiflu resistant H1N1 patients.]]></description>
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			<title>Seven new swine flu cases confirmed in Bahrain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Three children who had just returned from Mecca were among the new cases, officials say.]]></description>
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			<title>Five new swine flu cases confirmed in Bahrain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Three Bahrainis and two foreigners arriving back in the kingdom tested positive for H1N1 virus. ]]></description>
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			<title>Two new Bahrain swine flu cases confirmed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A 35-year-old man, teenage woman are latest to be diagnosed with H1N1 virus.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar confirms new swine flu case</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Kuwait increases its confirmed cases to five, Qatar diagnoses 17 year-old boy with H1N1 virus.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain probe into illegal sale of anti-swine flu drugs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some hospitals said to be selling Tamiflu under the counter for eight times normal price.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi, Bahrain confirm new swine flu cases</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Seven students in Bahrain are infected while Saudi has three more cases.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain declares itself swine flu free</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Infected student now fully recovered, 100 new tests come back negative - Health Ministry.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain health chiefs step up swine flu fight</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Officials liaising with airline to find passenger sitting near Gulf state's first H1N1 flu victim.]]></description>
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			<title>First Bahrain swine flu case confirmed - TV</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Al Arabiya reports that man returning to Gulf state from New York has H1N1 flu. ]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain introduces strict new anti-smoking laws</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[People will be fined for smoking in their cars with children in board, under new laws.]]></description>
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			<title>Research finds diabetes slows the brain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Population of diabetic Gulf Arabs could be suffering slowing speed of thought.]]></description>
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			<title>Organ failure</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf states have a common vested interest in tackling the spread of diabetes and the trade in human organs, says Sean Cronin.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain suffering diabetes crisis, says health official</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[27% of adult population develop type 2 diabetes, mainly due to poor diet, overeating.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain in talks to triple salaries of expat nurses</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wages pledge made to Philippine Labour Secretary in bid to attract healthcare staff.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain nurses granted average 37% pay rise</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[$15mn package will benefit up to 3,000 as PM aims to improve nursing profession.]]></description>
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			<title>Nurses fight on for universal pay </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Nurses in Bahrain are appealing to their Prime Minister to support their demand for all nurses to be paid on a new professional pay scale.]]></description>
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			<title>Health chief calls for shisha ban</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahrain official says serving shisha in Ramadan tents should be banned for health reasons.]]></description>
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			<title>Nurses win pay rise after strike threat</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahrain nurses could receive a pay rise of 15% after a showdown with health authorities.]]></description>
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			<title>Corpses, rotting teeth on cigarette packs GCC-wide</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Images to accompany slogan 'smoking kills' as authorities step up campaign to stub out.]]></description>
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			<title>Smoke screening</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  As the issue of smoking heats up, could dentists do more to encourage patients to kick the habit?]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain law hits health workers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Healthcare professionals in Bahrain could be charged under the Kingdom's first law to target medical malpractice.  ]]></description>
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