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Stunned Bahrain looks for answers, facts after unprecedented minister’s arrest on money-laundering charges

March 19, 2010
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Stunned Bahrain looks for answers, facts after unprecedented minister’s arrest on money-laundering charges

Stunned Bahrainis were on Friday seeking information and answers in the aftermath of the arrest of a sitting minister, the first since Bahrain became independent in 1971. Still reeling under the dramatic developments around Al Wefaq and the ire it drew from some MPs and media people for its perceived faux-pas at its annual...
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In unprecedented move, Bahrain arrests minister on money-laundering charges

March 19, 2010
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In unprecedented move, Bahrain arrests minister on money-laundering charges

A Bahraini minister has been arrested on charges of alleged money-laundering, making him the first minister to be detained by Bahrain since it became independent in 1971. The minister who was not named but referred to as “an official” by the interior ministry was arrested on Thursday evening following months of investigations and close...
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Born August 3, 1960 in Monastir, Tunisia
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Media career:
  • ABC News (Tunisia)
  • Bahrain Tribune
  • Gulf News
  • Bahrain Television News
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  • Monastir (Tunisia)
  • University of Bahrain
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  • MA  Mass Communications, University of Leicester
  • BA  in English & US literature and studies, University of Tunis
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