Bahrain
Capital - Manama
Chief of State - King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (since 3/6/99)
Head of Government - Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa (since 1971)
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King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa

• Bahrain offers Iraqi President Saddam Hussein a sanctuary as the 48-hour deadline demanded by the US for Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq ends.  Hussein refused the offer. 3/19/03
• In a meeting with President Bush 10/25/01, the Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa (son of the Amir) said the attacks on Afghanistan should continue until the mission is complete.
• Tourism in Bahrain
• University of Bahrain
• Bahrain Monetary Agency
• Economic Development of Bahrain
• Bahrain Government
• Bahrain Embassy in Washington D.C.
• US Embassy in Manama