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Al-Wadaei, Sayed Ahmed; Abdulla, Husain (22 November 2018).
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129:Human rights
122:Constitution
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1596:Referendums
613:Population
610:Governorate
597:governorate
412:Visa policy
337:Politicians
1623:Categories
1422:3 December
1400:3 December
1379:3 December
1137:References
628:Divisions
623:Nationals
389:in Bahrain
373:Minister:
1330:10 August
1237:5 October
1168:5 October
727:1,234,571
283:General:
271:Elections
262:Judiciary
1125:Archived
1114:Archived
1109:Source:
748:Campaign
566:Al-Wefaq
456:Military
402:Passport
237:Chairman
142:Monarchy
1286:18 July
1158:Reuters
756:Results
733:568,399
730:666,172
697:101,456
684:194,062
678:276,949
665:102,244
659:189,114
643:261,921
640:329,510
630:(2018)
570:secular
529:Bahrain
461:History
249:Speaker
171:Cabinet
717:11,237
714:11,237
703:32,931
700:68,525
681:82,887
662:86,870
646:67,589
625:(2010)
620:(2010)
615:(2010)
563:Shiite
446:Anthem
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711:Other
595:Each
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1580:2018
1575:2014
1570:2010
1565:2006
1560:2002
1544:2012
1539:2011
1523:2022
1518:2018
1513:2014
1508:2010
1503:2006
1498:2002
1493:1973
1488:1972
1424:2018
1402:2018
1381:2018
1332:2012
1288:2016
1239:2018
1170:2018
573:Waad
568:and
540:sham
436:Flag
301:2022
295:2018
290:2014
285:2010
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54:2022
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