Search results for ‘King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa’
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Bahrain protests continue around F1 Grand Prix
Demonstrators in Bahrain protest today’s Grand Prix denouncing it as a gaudy spectacle, and continue to call for a change in government.
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Bahrain doctors sentenced to 15 years
Twenty doctors have been jailed for stealing medicine and stockpiling weapons during unrest in Bahrain this year. They have denied the charges.
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Bahrain: forces ‘cleanse’ Pearl Roundabout protests
Three policeman and at least two protesters are reported to have been killed as Government troops clear demonstrators camped out at Manama’s Pearl Roundabout in Bahrain.
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Bahrain: protesters jubilant as forces called off
Thousands of anti-government protesters swarm into Pearl Square as Bahrain’s police and armed forces withdraw, following the rejection of King Hamad’s call for peace talks by the Shi’ite opposition.
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Bahrain: ‘shots fired’ as demonstrators defy protest ban
There are reports that shots have been fired on the streets of Bahrain. Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman is told that government forces have fired on anti-government demonstrators.
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Bahrain: ‘shots fired’ as demonstrators defy protest ban
There are reports that shots have been fired on the streets of Bahrain. Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman is told that government forces have fired on anti-government demonstrators.
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US Policy on the Middle East
The Americans are in something of a catch-22 situation when it comes to commenting on the protests igniting in the Middle East, writes Lindsey Hilsum.
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Protesters killed as police storm Bahrain demonstration camp
Riot police storm a protest camp in central Bahrain killing five people and leaving hundreds wounded as unrest continues. A witness tells Channel 4 News the authorities wanted protesters to “pay”.
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Riots break out in Libyan city as regional unrest deepens
Hundreds of people clash with police and pro-government supports in the Libyan city of Benghazi in a rare show of unrest, while in Bahrain and Iran protesters gather to mourn “martyrs”.
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Thousands gather at Bahrain’s ‘Tahrir Square’
After a second death in Bahrain protesters call for the end of the monarchy gathering in their thousands at the Pearl monument, which they are calling their own ‘Tahrir Square’.
