11.   Bahrain, a financial hub in the region, houses an important base for the U.S. Navy in the Gulf.

12.   Bahrain, a financial hub and home to a key U.S. Navy base, has been gripped by unrest for nearly two years.

13.   Bahrain, a financial hub in the Gulf, is gripped by a revival of street protests by young Muslims, mainly Shiites, demanding political and economic reforms.

14.   Bahrain is a regional financial hub and home to a key U.S. Navy base.

15.   Bahrain is a regional financial hub and is home to a key U.S. Navy base.

16.   Begging is illegal and rare in this gleaming financial hub, which years ago banned the sale of chewing gum.

17.   Bahrain, a central Gulf island state, is a key financial hub in the region.

18.   But as Hong Kong has become a financial hub, many of its farms have gone idle, leaving their livestock to scavenge off the land.

19.   Broad-based deregulation will revitalise Asian growth, he says, and entrench Australia as a sound financial hub for the region.

20.   Cell phones are ubiquitous in this Asian financial hub.