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Gunmen attack Shia center in Bahrain | Al Bawaba
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Armed assailants have attacked a Shia religious center in Bahrain, inflicting severe damage to the building.

Local residents and witnesses said the attack was carried out in the village of Wadyan, Sitra, which is located south of the capital, Manama, during the early hours of Monday.

They said the attackers, riding a vehicle, fled the scene after spraying the building of Al-Marzouq Hussainia hall with bullets.

Photos circulated on social media networks show the building badly damaged and its windows shattered.

No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the incident. However, activists have accused some operatives of the ruling Al Khalifah family of carrying out the latest attack.

Several Shia religious gatherings and centers have come under attack in Bahrain and neighboring Saudi Arabia in recent months.

Why Bahrain’s higher petrol prices should be welcomed - Blogs - ArabianBusiness.com
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Al Khalifa, who is part of the ruling dynasty attempting to maintain a grip on power amid opposition from the majority Shia population, has raised the prospect of subsidies being cut or axed for expatriates, who make up more than half of the population of 1.3m. It seems reasonable to question why a foreigner should be entitled to state money. However, it should be taken into account that they are helping to prop up the economy, not to mention fulfilling the low caste jobs that you’d be hard pressed to find any Bahraini national willing to perform.

PressTV - Bahrainis hold fresh anti-regime demo in Manama
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Bahraini demonstrators have staged a fresh anti-regime protest rally in the capital Manama despite the ongoing heavy-handed crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy protesters in the Persian Gulf kingdom.

On Wednesday, protesters took to the streets in the city and chanted slogans against the ruling Al Khalifa royal family.

Earlier in the day, Bahraini regime forces attacked the funeral procession of a man identified as Omran al-Seyed who died after inhaling toxic tear gas used by regime forces in the village of Karzakan.

Le soir même une bombe artisanale explosait à Ban Jamra, faisant 7 blessés parmi les policiers
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Bahrain resumes retrial of convicted medics
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A civil court in Manama, Bahrain’s capital, has begun a new hearing for a group of 20 medical staff who were convicted of taking part in crimes against the state during anti-government protests that rocked the country last year.

The doctors, nurses and paramedics were handed sentences, ranging from five to 15 years in prison, on September 28, over a raft of charges, including incitement to overthrow the the ruling Al Khalifa family.

But a retrial was initiated on October 23 after prosecutors dropped confessions from the defendants, who had protested that the statements were extracted under torture.

The hearing for the new trial had been adjourned in November.

Most of the staff worked at, or volunteered at, the Salmaniya Medical Centre in Manama that was stormed by security forces in mid-March after they drove protesters out of nearby Pearl Square.

The workers received the heavy jail terms from the military-run National Safety Court, but are now being tried in a civil court.

Avec Sarkozy, le sens du timing, toujours.

2 février 2011, « Le Président de la République reçoit son Altesse Royale le Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al KHALIFA, Prince héritier de #Bahreïn, au Palais de l’Elysée »
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