1.   Diplomats in Doha said they expected a Cabinet reshuffle but said the new emir was likely to keep top ministerial posts unchanged.

2.   Still, the transfer of power marks the end of an era for Bahrain, where the emir had been a dominant force for nearly four decades.

3.   The emir was a Sunni Muslim while the Hazaras were Shiites.

4.   Earlier Saturday, the emir was in the Emirates where he met with President Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the official Emirates News Agency reported.

5.   Emir is dead, royal officials say.

6.   First in line to succeed the emir is the crown prince and prime minister, Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah.

7.   He said the men told him he was being expelled because he hosted the show during which the Kuwaiti emir was insulted.

8.   Lawmaker Nasser al-Saneh said the emir is likely to shut down the legislature.

9.   That was the day that the emir was to go to Germany on the schedule announced when he left Qatar earlier this month.

10.   The emir is to meet Thursday with Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer and is to be formally welcomed by President Roman Herzog and a military honor guard.