Latest news about Bahrain
Bahrain Club upset (Gulf Daily News)
BUSAITEEN produced the biggest upset in the Bahrain Senior Table Tennis League, posting a thrilling 3-2 victory over defending champions Bahrain Club in the seventh week tie.
20 Nov 2008, 7:25 pm | click here for more
Bahrain bank eyeing Asia expansion (Gulf Daily News)
KUALA LUMPUR: Bahrain Islamic Bank is targeting Asia as part of plans to increase its presence beyond the Gulf state, the Islamic lender's chief executive said yesterday.
20 Nov 2008, 7:25 pm | click here for more
Bahrain sends first quake aid (Gulf Daily News)
BAHRAIN yesterday sent first shipment of aid to a Pakistani region devastated by last month's earthquake, with a pledge that more would follow.
20 Nov 2008, 7:18 pm | click here for more
Cahill may buy home in Bahrain (Gulf Daily News)
AUSTRALIAN football star Tim Cahill could be set to buy a home in Bahrain, the GDN can reveal. Al Najma Club football head Shaikh Abdulrahman bin Mubarak Al Khalifa said the Everton midfielder was so impressed by the country's hospitality that he was keen to buy a holiday home.
20 Nov 2008, 7:18 pm | click here for more
Bahrain Air launches route to Kuwait (Zawya)
KUWAIT, Nov 20 (KUNA) -- The first aircraft of Bahrain Air Bahrain Air landed here, launching the Bahrain-Kuwait route with 10 weekly flights. Bahrain Air Bahrain Air Managing Director Ibrahim Al-Haber said at a press conference held here that Kuwait is a major destination for any airline.
20 Nov 2008, 6:44 am | click here for more
Bahrain to raise guarantee on deposits (AME Info)
Bahrain's central bank said it plans to lift the guarantee on bank deposits to a maximum BD20,000 ($53,000) from BD15,000, reported Reuters. Since 1994, Bahrain has guaranteed up to 75% of deposits, to a maximum of BD15,000.
20 Nov 2008, 4:42 am | click here for more
Bahrain Air launches route to Kuwait (MENAFN)
Bahrain Air launches route to Kuwait
20 Nov 2008, 11:07 am | click here for more
Backs to the wall for Bahrain against Aussies (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Bahrain will find themselves up against the odds when they take on Australia on Wednesday in a key Asia Zone Group One qualifying clash for a berth in the 2010 World Cup to be held in South Africa.
19 Nov 2008, 6:37 am | click here for more
Want sheep? Get truck, say Bahrain, Aussie traders (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
"No truck, no sheep": that's the rule that will confront thousands of people in Bahrain when they arrive to buy live Australian sheep for slaughter during the Muslim Eid al-Adha feast in December.
19 Nov 2008, 3:21 am | click here for more
Last-gasp Australia break Bahrain hearts in World Cup qualifier (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Group leaders Australia pulled off a last-gasp 1-0 victory over Bahrain in a lively Asian Zone Group One clash in Manama on Wednesday to take another step closer to the 2010 World Cup finals.
19 Nov 2008, 1:37 pm | click here for more