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Economic losses mount in Bahrain

Bahrain's government investment company says losses more than doubled last year as the economic slump hurt key businesses.

The Mumtalakat fund says losses increased to 183 million dinars ($A560.5 million) from 69 million dinars ($A211.3 million) a year earlier.

Mumtalakat is a holding company mostly focused on state-run businesses in the tiny Gulf island nation.

It says it spent the last year restructuring some of its holdings.

Mumtalakat says the global downturn particularly hurt business at its money-losing airline Gulf Air and at Alba, an aluminum smelting company.

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