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Bahrain is governed under the constitution of 2002. The king is the head of state. The government is headed by the prime minister, who is appointed by the king. The bicameral legislature consists of the 40-seat Consultative Council, whose members are appointed by the king, and the 40-member Council of Representatives, whose members are popularly elected to four-year terms. Administratively, the country is divided into five governorates.
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Bahrain's achievements and potential have ... been consistently recognised by various United Nations agencies. Bahrain has been ranked the number one Arab country on the UNDP's Human Development Index as well as number one on the first Arab Human Development Index.
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Until Bahrain adopted Islam in 629 AD, it was a centre for Nestorian Christianity[4]. In 899, a millenarian Ismaili sect, the Qarmatians, seized hold of the country and sought to create a utopian society based on reason and the distribution of all property evenly among the initiates. The Qarmatians caused disruption throughout the Islamic world: they collected tribute from the caliph in Baghdad; and in 930 sacked Mecca and Medina, bringing the sacred Black Stone back to Bahrain where it was held to ransom. They were defeated in 976 by the Abbasids [5].
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Bahrain is one of the most technologically advanced countries in the region. The country's telecommunications provider, Batelco, has built an extensive, fully digitized network. Today, consumers enjoy ISDN, ATM, LANConnect, International Direct Dialing to more than 200 countries, and mobile fax and data service through the GSM network.
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On January 6, 2007, Bahrain faced Inter Milan in a friendly match which they lost 6-1. Despite the result, the event was greeted with enthusiasm by the whole country. Bahrain are currently participating in the World Cup 2010 qualifiers, where they have reached the third round. Bahrain were drawn into group B along with Japan, Oman, and Thailand, and have so far stunned Oman with a 1-0 away win in Muscat.
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Hotel rooms in Bahrain are going fast to GCC visitors as are advanced flight bookings from across the region to Bahrain. An airline spokesperson said, "We have had a surge of seat bookings well before Ramadan and expect it to continue. Bookings and cancellations occur everyday so it is hard to give an actual figure of those leaving their countries during the season. The rush to book for Eid increases as people leave during the last few days of Ramadan."
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