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Bahrain's GIB sets up 3.5 billion ringgit sukuk programme

DUBAI - Bahrain's Gulf International Bank has set up a 3.5 billion Malaysian ringgit ($1.11 billion) programme for potential sale of Islamic bonds, the company said on Sunday, as the lender seeks to diversify its funding sources.

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Bahrain's GIB sets up 3.5 bln ringgit sukuk programme

* Sukuk issue seen in near future, depends on mkts - CEO

8:53am BST

Bahrain to issue $1.25 bln bond in June - cbank official

ABU DHABI, May 23 - Bahrain, troubled by ongoing social unrest, is planning to issue a $1.25 billion bond in the second or third week of June, a central bank official said on Wednesday.

Bonds, Regulatory News, 23 May 2012

Bahrain hunger striker attends retrial in wheelchair

DUBAI - Jailed Bahraini activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, on hunger strike for more than three months, was brought to court in a wheelchair on Tuesday when the retrial resumed of 13 men imprisoned over protests that rocked the island last year, activists said.

World, 22 May 2012

Kuwaiti pleads innocent in Twitter trial

KUWAIT - A 26-year-old Kuwaiti pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges he insulted the Prophet Mohammad and the Sunni Muslim rulers of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on social media, the first day of a high-profile and divisive court case in the Gulf state.

21 May 2012

Bahraini court fines daughter of opposition activist

DUBAI - A court in Bahrain on Monday fined Zainab al-Khawaja, the daughter of a prominent opposition activist, for insulting a government employee and her lawyer said she was still detained pending trial in a different case.

World, 21 May 2012

Bahraini activist granted bail but not released

DUBAI - A leading Bahraini opposition activist accused of insulting authorities remained in jail on Sunday, despite being granted bail, because he faces a second charge of organising illegal protests, his lawyer said.

World, 20 May 2012

Bahraini activist granted bail but not released

DUBAI - A leading Bahraini opposition activist accused of insulting authorities remained in jail on Sunday, despite being granted bail, because he faces a second charge of organizing illegal protests, his lawyer said.

20 May 2012

UPDATE 1-Bahraini activist granted bail but not released

* Rights group calls on UN to pressure Bahrain on Monday (Adds Human Rights Watch comments, background)

20 May 2012

Bahraini activist granted bail but not released

DUBAI, May 20 - A Bahraini court granted bail on Sunday to leading activist Nabeel Rajab, who is charged with insulting authorities in the Gulf Arab state, but he is still being held pending trial for a different case, his lawyer said.

20 May 2012

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