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Bahrain plans to relax its rules governing expatriate workers to be in line with the island's current drive to promote a free economy.

A draft law permitting non-Bahrainis to own land and property has been presented to the Shura Council for discussion, the Gulf News Agency reported yesterday.

Pakistan will cut the retail price of petrol if global oil prices come down, according to Minister of Finance Shaukat Aziz.

Bahrain National Holding Co has announced a 7.5 per cent rise in group profit for 2000 to 1.86 million dinars and raised its cash dividend by one point to 15 per cent.

The Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has a 'vision' for Bahrain, to ensure a prosperous and stable future.

Bahrain Islamic Bank, the country's first and more than two decades old, is facing a crisis following the resignation of four of its directors who collectively own 35 per cent stake amounting to $45 million.

A lawsuit is to be filed against Airbus Industrie by the families of the victims of Gulf Air's Airbus A320's flight 072 which crashed off the coast of Muharraq on August 23 last year, killing all the 135 passengers and eight crew aboard.

Moves are underway to convene an extraordinary session of the GCC ministerial council to discuss the regional developments especially in view of the U.S. threat to launch strikes against Afghanistan.

Information Minister Nabeel Al Hamer has said the US military presence in Bahrain is solely of a "logistical and administrative nature" and so far the US has not requested extra military assistance from Bahrain.