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Bahrain bans all protest gatherings amid violence

Bahrain says it is banning all protest gatherings amid escalating clashes in the strategic Gulf kingdom that hosts the US Navy's 5th Fleet.

 

The decision re-imposes state of emergency-style rules in the Sunni-ruled nation, whose Shiite majority launched an uprising over 20 months ago, aiming to win a greater political voice. (AP)

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.30.12, 09:43