Shi'ites begin burying their dead in Bahrain
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Shi'ites in Bahrain began burying their dead on Friday after a crackdown ordered by the Sunni ruling family to halt opposition protests inspired by Egypt. Four protesters died on Thursday when riot police drove activists from a makeshift camp in Pearl Square in Manama, the capital. More than 230 were wounded and dozens were detained.
The mostly Shi'ite protesters had hoped to turn the square into a base modelled on Cairo's Tahrir Square, fulcrum of the popular revolt that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. (Reuters)
