This [pdf] might shed some light on the degradation of the position of Bahrain in the world press freedom index. Thanks Desert Island Boy for the hat tip. You might also be interested to view the Electoral Districts on which the Parliamentary elections of 2002 were based, and of course Election Statistics which is a …

Scorpio, in a recent comment said: The reason you’ve got these types deciding the laws of the country is because enough morons went down to the ballot box and voted them in. That’s the problem. Deciding laws? No they haven’t nor it looks like they ever will. Since their inauguration 2 years ago and some, …

Although the poll was very close, 91:86, the Nays have it and they were right. Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain (so far) have declared Eid to be tomorrow. The Sunna that is. The Shi’as are still out and are not expected to have their Eid tomorrow with the rest of them. The surprising thing is, …

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Arafat is dead, may Allah rest his soul in peace. Whoever comes next will not only inheret the millions of problems the Palestinians are suffering from, peace and security being paramount, but will have to learn to be the butt of American and Israeli blame games!