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Bahrain’s Biggest Oil Find Since 1932 Dwarfs Reserves - Bloomberg
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• Kingdom currently has two fields, one shared with Saudi Arabia
 • New undersea deposit lies off Gulf nation’s western coast

Bahrain, the smallest energy producer in the Persian Gulf, discovered its biggest oil field since it started producing crude in 1932, according to the country’s official news agency.

The shale oil and natural gas discovered in a deposit off the island state’s west coast “ is understood to dwarf Bahrain’s current reserves, ”Bahrain News Agency reported, without giving figures. U.S. consultants DeGolyer & MacNaughton Corp. evaluated the field, and Bahrain plans to provide additional details on Wednesday about the reservoir’s “size and extraction viability,” BNA reported.
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Bahrain discovered the offshore Khaleej Al Bahrain Basin as it seeks to expand output capacity at its wholly owned Bahrain Field to 100,000 barrels a day by the end of the decade. The country is pumping about 45,000 barrels of oil a day from its Bahrain Field, and it shares income from a deposit with Saudi Arabia that produces about 300,000 barrels a day, according to figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Bahrain News Agency | Al Wefaq violations documented to refer a case to the Public Prosecution
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Manama, Feb16(BNA) The General Director of Anti-corruption and Economic and Electronic Security announced on Monday that the department has investigated recent statements by Al Wefaq on its website and twitter account that are considered crimes that can be penalised by the law.

He said Al Wefaq is under suspicion of publicly inciting hatred against the government and distributing false news in a way that could harm the civil peace and national security.

Al Wefaq also made calls for illegal rallies and incited hatred against the Interior Ministry and a foreign country. He stated that the department has documented Al Wefaq’s statements to refer the case to the Public Prosecution. (MOI)

Bahrain activist Maryam al-Khawaja jailed for a year in absentia for assault | World news | The Guardian
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Abdulla al-Dossary, chief prosecutor of the Muhrarraq district, said the high criminal court had found Khawaja guilty of assaulting and injuring two policewomen at Bahrain international airport, the Bahrain News Agency said.

The agency did not say whether the other two charges had been upheld.

Khawaja said in a statement she had not returned to Bahrain to attend the trial as she did not recognise the independence of the court and the charge of assault had been trumped up. Her statement did not say where she was.

Bahrain News Agency | Bahrain’s leaders reject sectarian quotas, says Minister
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The Bahraini leadership rejects sectarian quotas, Minister of State for Information Affairs and the Government’s Official Spokesperson Sameera Ebrahim Rajab said.

In a statement to the Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP), she stressed that Bahrain will never adopt sectarian quotas to avert the “civil war experiences in the societies that implemented the quota system”.

Bahrain News Agency | Palestinian President leaves Bahrain
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Manama, July 20 (BNA) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left Bahrain today after a visit during which he met His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and discussed with him the latest developments of the Palestinian issue.

He was seen off at Bahrain International Airport by Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, ministers, Muharraq Governor, the Palestinian Ambassador to Bahrain and the embassy staff.

Bahrain News Agency - 09 July, 2014

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)’s Secretary-General Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani expressed astonishment following the acts of US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour Affairs who was visiting the Kingdom of Bahrain two days ago.

Dr. Al-Zayani told Bahrain News Agency (BNA) that the US diplomat’s holding meeting(s) with representatives of a certain political society excluding other components of the Bahraini community who have a significant political role in the community is deemed as an interference in the Kingdom of Bahrain’s internal affairs and it is absolutely incompliant with international diplomatic norms.

He said that such astonishing acts do not reflect the historic bilateral relations which have existed over the eons between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United States of America.

The GCC Secretary-General concluded that this does not help in confidence-building amongst the components of the Bahraini community, stressing that such acts do not support the positive trend of Bahrain’s ambitious reform programme.

Bahrain News Agency | Bahrain hits back on US report
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She also confirmed an initiative to appoint media attaches at Bahrain’s embassies abroad, saying that more details will be disclosed in the future.

Bahrain News Agency | SCW hails Cabinet’s resolution on amending 1963 Bahraini Citizenship Law
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Manama, Jan 12 (BNA) – Supreme Council for Women (SCW) has praised the resolution of the Cabinet led by His Royal Highness, Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, to approve the draft law on the amendment of a number of provisions of the 1963 Bahraini citizenship Law on granting Bahraini citizenship to the children of the Bahraini women married to foreigners under certain terms and conditions.

Bahrain News Agency | Bahrain, Germany cooperation on human rights discussed
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Manama, November 27 (BNA) –President of National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) Dr. Abdul Aziz Hassan Abel met Sabine Taufmann the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the delegation of the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation.
The German delegation included Deputy Director of the Foundation Hills Horster, Counselor Mohammed Al-Munttaser Ibeid, and Dr. Stephan Kirsesh.

Vice-President, Chairman of the Complaints, Monitoring and Follow-up Committee Abdullah Ahmed Al-Dirazi, and Secretary General Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Farhan attended the meeting.

Bahrain summons Lebanese charge d’affaires | GulfNews.com
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Bahrain’s foreign ministry has summoned the acting Lebanese charge d’affaires in Manama to protest against the holding of a press conference in Lebanon calling for civil disobedience in the Gulf kingdom.
Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Abdullah Abdul Lateef told Ebrahim Assaf that Bahrain was keen on the principle of non-interference in the domestic affairs of other countries, Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported on Tuesday. [...]

On Sunday, a Bahraini Salafi society called for “prompt and effective” action against Lebanon over reportedly targeting the kingdom’s national security.
The Islamic Asala Society charged that Lebanon threatened the Kingdom’s stability and hosted “terrorist elements who incited chaos, violence and disturbances in Bahrain.”
MP Abdul Halim Murad, a leader in the society represented by several lawmakers at the parliament, said that Lebanon “had regretfully hosted a press conference by Tamarrod Al Bahrain movement in which it called for a repeat of the February 2011 scenario.

Bahrain News Agency | HM King Hamad Receives UK Designate Chief of Defence Staff
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Manama, June 13. (BNA) – His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Supreme Commander, received at Safriya Palace today the UK Designate Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nicholas Houghton and his accompanying delegation, currently on a visit to the kingdom.

Haniyeh welcomes Bahrain parliament delegation | Maan News Agency
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9 May 2013

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza premier Ismail Haniyeh welcomed on Wednesday a parliamentary delegation from Bahrain ahead of their three-day official visit to the coastal enclave.

The delegation, which includes Bahrain Parliament Speaker sheikh Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Dhahrani, was greeted by Haniyeh in a tent erected on the ruins of the cabinet building in Gaza City, a statement read.

Haniyeh applauded bilateral relations between Palestine and Bahrain, praising the gulf state’s continued financial aid to Palestinians.

According to the Bahrain News Agency, the visit is being held to strengthen parliamentary relations between both sides.

Eight other members of the Bahrain parliament are among the delegation, the BNA reported, including the chairman of the legislative and legal affairs committee and member of the Bahraini-Palestinian Fraternity Committee Ali Otaish, Chairman of the Committee for the Support of the Palestinian People MP Ali Ahmed and Acting Secretary-General Jamel Zuwaid.

Other MPs include Hassan Bu Khammas, Abdulhameed al-Meer, Jassim al-Saidi, Mohammed Buquais and Abdulla bin Huwail, the BNA reported.

Bahrain was among the first countries to donate to reconstruction efforts following Operation Cast Led, contributing $5.4 million to UNRWA, the Palestine refugee agency.

Le Prince Héritier commence-t-il à révolutionner les usages du gouvernement ? Un mois après sa nomination en tant que premier vice-premier ministre, il semble que les pratiques du gouvernement prennent un coup de jeune

Bahrain on Sunday launched the official weekly cabinet press conference in which the spokesperson for the government informed the media about the session.

The tradition had been that a press statement would be issued, attributed to a senior official carried by the official Bahrain News Agency (BNA) after the session ended.

However, Sameera Bin Rajab, the state minister for information affairs and the spokesperson for the government, on Sunday started a new format and held a conference at the Gudhaibiya Palace where the cabinet holds its regular meetings every Sunday and read out the statement.

Habib Toumi, Gulf News
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Les britanniques, maître de la danse au Bahreïn

In an interview with local Gulf Daily News, parts of which were also carried by the official Bahrain News Agency, British ambassador in Manama, Iain Lindsay, was quoted as saying that there was “increasing evidence” that Iran was “providing support to people here who are bent on violence”. [...]

He also had strong words for those behind recent attempts to plan bombs in the country. “I think people who plant bombs which are aimed at indiscriminately killing people are terrorists, full stop... If you plant a bomb in a rubbish bin and you don’t really care who is going to pick it up or who is going to be killed, that is by any international standards terrorism.” Lindsay told Gulf Daily News.

Lindsay described a recent report by US-based Human Rights Watch that criticised the national dialogue that was recently launched in the kingdom as “deeply unhelpful, condescending and patronising”.

“As far as the HRW report was concerned we would disagree with their conclusion that there had been no progress on reform,” he told the daily.

Bahrain and the UK enjoy a long standing relationship. In December, Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa singled out Britain as a country he will be “personally eternally grateful” to for standing by Bahrain during difficult times.

Gulf News
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#Bahreïn, la police devrait remplacer l’armée pour « gérer » les manifestants.

Fresh clashes in Bahrain protests - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
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Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, the crown prince, ordered the military to withdraw on Saturday afternoon, saying that the police would now be responsible for enforcing order, the Bahrain News Agency reported.