Bahrain orders biggest Shiite party dissolved
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Bahrain's official news agency saids authorities have ordered the Gulf nation's biggest Shiite party to be dismantled. The party, Al Wefaq, has led anti-government protests against the island kingdom's Sunni rulers.
A report Thursday on the state-run news agency says Bahrain's justice minister has taken "legal action" to disband Al Wefaq "for threatening peace." (AP)