BUDDING entrepreneur Wassim Sami Farhoud is steaming ahead with his innovative car and boat cleaning service in the kingdom.

SIXTEEN of Bahrain's brightest students are set for a journey to the south of France to benefit from training in leadership development and entrepreneurship as part of an annual drive to inspire tomorrow's leaders.

WORLD-RENOWNED Yale University has selected Shaikha Marwa bint Rashid Al Khalifa of the Court of the Crown Prince of Bahrain as a 2008 Yale World Fellow.

A BIRD in the hand is worth two in the bush and talented Muadh Naeem Ahmed Mahmood Muastafa Nin Abdullatif is hoping his wonderful image of Bahrain's favourite feathered hunter - the falcon - will help him secure a trainee photographer's position with GulfWeekly.

What is the secret to be identified as a young leader? Is it academic achievement; a captivating personality; innate talent; forethought or sheer determination?

IT was impressive to watch the way Spanish fans roared on their team against Germany in the final of the European Championships and the way they celebrated the victory.

AN appeal has been launched to help cover the costs of flying home an expat mum, who is currently being treated in a Bahrain hospital, to the care of her family in South Africa.

When the Great Depression left architect Alfred Butts out of work, he scrabbled around for something to do - and came up with a game whose ingenious mix of anagrams, crosswords, chance and skill is still a winner, 60 years on. And yet it nearly didn't see the light of day...

Brainy games are set to get a fresh injection of energy with the forming of the Bahrain Mind Sports Forum (BMSF).

Bahrain and Gulf Scrabble champion Mohammed Zafar came eighth in the 23rd King's Cup in Bangkok - the highest ever placing for a player from the Gulf.

Tomorrow will mark the first anniversary of the disappearance of three-year-old Bader Jawad Hussain Mubarak.