16 hours ago by Broadcast.my

Manama (Reuters) – Bahraini police fired teargas and stun grenades to stop mainly Shi’ite protesters trying to march towards the roundabout at the centre of a failed pro-democracy uprising last year and detained two American rights activists who came to monitor. Riot police stand near fire caused by ...

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16 hours ago by Jill

"Quick! Say 'birthday' and 'Bahrain' in the same sentence!" Molly and I are back from our quick little trip to Bahrain. My birthday celebrating is over and I am now cleared for 30 more days in the UAE. Mission accomplished. A few things to share: 1. The Traveling Triplets shared a guest post yesterd ...

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16 hours ago by Mohammed Haider Ghuloum PhD

Rattlesnake Ridge BFF “Saudi Arabia has slammed the Russian and Chinese veto of a UN resolution on Syria as an "unfavorable" move. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah said on Friday that world confidence in the United Nations had been shaken after the world body failed to adopt a resolut ...

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17 hours ago by Chris Blattman

US Citizens Huwaida Arraf and Radhika Sainath were arrested by Bahraini security forces in Manama on Saturday during a peaceful protest in near the Standard Chartered Bank downtown. Protesters had marched into the city center to reestablish a presence of nonviolent, peaceful protest leading up to th ...

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20 hours ago by realistic bird

Al Manar Several protesters were injured as Bahraini regime forces fired tear gas at dozens of peaceful demonstrators ahead of the anniversary of the revolution in the Kingdom. “Three people were severely wounded by tear gas canisters” fired at protesters on Friday, said the source who requested ano ...

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23 hours ago by Studi ME Africa

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES By Anissa Haddadi | http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/296381/20120210/uncovering-bahrain-who-political-parties-what-call.htm

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1 day ago by Mahmood Al-Yousif

I don’t have much to add about the situation in Bahrain with the first anniversary of the Bahraini Spring just three days away other than to reiterate that there still is no honest attempt to find a solution and get us on the path of reconciliation. The general “wisdom” seems to be to crush the [... ...

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1 day ago by Studi ME Africa

By The Associated Press MANANA, Bahrain - (AP) -- Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Bahrain are streaming toward a site they seek to occupy for the one-year anniversary of their uprising in the Gulf kingdom. Riot police did not immediately intervene as crowds headed to an empty lot ...

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1 day ago by Studi ME Africa

LOS ANGELES TIMES Bahrain has turned down several journalists for visas to visit the Persian Gulf nation on the one-year anniversary of sweeping antigovernment protests next Tuesday, telling them it has gotten too many requests. The rejected journalists include New York Times columnist Nicholas Kris ...

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1 day ago by Studi ME Africa

(Reuters) - Bahraini activists dreaming of a return to the roundabout in Manama at the heart of a popular uprising last year have tried to recreate the electric atmosphere in a makeshift "Freedom Square" ahead of next week's anniversary of the unrest. Pearl Roundabout - focal point of a month-long m ...

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