Bahrain takes Western values for a test drive
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=508174
By Kim Sengupta in Manama, Bahrain
04 April 2004
There are no hotel rooms to be had in Bahrain, or in most of the
neighbouring Gulf states. Day trips have been organised from Riyadh,
Beirut and Cairo. A clutch of Arab royals, the Sultan of Brunei and
the King of Spain, are expected, and Prince Andrew arrived early, and
is busy golfing away for Britain.
The attraction is the Bahrain Grand Prix, the first in the Arab world,
and the biggest sporting spectacle ever staged in the Middle East. The
cost of building the circuit and allied infrastructure is some $200m
(£110m), and 100,000 visitors are due to arrive today in this tiny
kingdom.
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