Bahrain king reshuffles cabinet as opposition leader returns
Feb 26, 2011 19:11 GMT
Bahrain's king reshuffled his cabinet Saturday as protesters continued to call for reforms and a key opposition leader returned to the country.
King Hamad replaced the ministers of housing, health, and cabinet affairs. He expanded the portfolio of the oil and gas minister to include electricity and water, and he appointed a new minister of labor.
The king also announced that all government housing loans will be reduced by 25%.
Saturday's announcement came after Hassan Mushaimaa, the leader of Bahrain's largest opposition party, said he had returned to the islands nation, where he planned to join the tens of thousands of protesters camped out at the Pearl Roundabout in the heart of the capital.
Mushaimaa, the leader of the Haq Movement, had planned to return earlier in the week to give a speech on the importance of national unity. His return was delayed by his detention in Lebanon, which he blamed on Bahrain's rulers.
This report its about a bharins king that return as an oppsosition lider that he will redice the loans by 25% and another loder called hassan mushaima will return during the week but his return was delayed by a detention in lebanon.
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