Bahrain bans all protest gatherings amid violence
World News | Associated Press | Tuesday October 30, 2012
Bahrain imposed emergency-style rules on Tuesday banning all protest gatherings and threating legal action against groups considered backing escalating demonstrations and clashes in the strategic Gulf kingdom.
Ecclestone plays down fresh Bahrain unrest
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday February 15, 2012
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has played down the outbreak of fresh unrest in Bahrain, insisting the violence posed no threat to this season's Grand Prix.
US shifts embassy staff amid Bahrain unrest
World News | Associated Press | Tuesday January 24, 2012
The U.S. State Department says it is moving American Embassy employees to safer locations in Bahrain after ongoing political unrest elevated security worries in the strategic Gulf kingdom.
Bahrain unrest: Protesters cut off country's financial centre
World News | Associated Press | Monday March 14, 2011
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators cut off Bahrain's financial centre and drove back police trying to push them from the capital's central square, shaking the tiny island kingdom on Sunday with the most disruptive protests since calls for more freedom erupted a month ago.Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government demon...
Bahrain unrest: Women come out in support of protests
World News | Associated Press | Sunday February 20, 2011
Thousands of women in Bahrain took to the streets of the capital Manama on Saturday to show their support for the popular anti-government protests.Most women wore traditional black cloaks, with their heads covered. Others wore Bahraini flags around their shoulders as they converged on Pearl Roundabout, the focal-point for demonstrations."Today we a...
As army pulls back, Bahrain protesters retake Pearl Square
World News | Michael Slackman, New York Times | Sunday February 20, 2011
Thousands of jubilant protesters surged back into the symbolic heart of Bahrain on Saturday after government security forces withdrew and the monarchy called for peace after days of violent crackdowns.It was a remarkable turn after a week of protests that had shifted by the hour between joy and fear, euphoric surges of popular uprising followed by ...
Bahrain unrest: King appoints Crown Prince to start dialogue
World News | Associated Press | Saturday February 19, 2011
Soldiers opened fire on Friday on thousands of protesters defying a government ban and streaming towards the landmark Pearl Square in the Bahraini capital of Manama which had been the symbolic centre of the uprising to break the political grip of the Gulf nation's leaders.Officials at the main Salmaniya Hospital said at least 50 people were injured...
Bahrain bans all protest gatherings amid violence
World News | Associated Press | Tuesday October 30, 2012
Bahrain imposed emergency-style rules on Tuesday banning all protest gatherings and threating legal action against groups considered backing escalating demonstrations and clashes in the strategic Gulf kingdom.
Ecclestone plays down fresh Bahrain unrest
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday February 15, 2012
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has played down the outbreak of fresh unrest in Bahrain, insisting the violence posed no threat to this season's Grand Prix.
US shifts embassy staff amid Bahrain unrest
World News | Associated Press | Tuesday January 24, 2012
The U.S. State Department says it is moving American Embassy employees to safer locations in Bahrain after ongoing political unrest elevated security worries in the strategic Gulf kingdom.
Bahrain unrest: Protesters cut off country's financial centre
World News | Associated Press | Monday March 14, 2011
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators cut off Bahrain's financial centre and drove back police trying to push them from the capital's central square, shaking the tiny island kingdom on Sunday with the most disruptive protests since calls for more freedom erupted a month ago.Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government demon...
Bahrain unrest: Women come out in support of protests
World News | Associated Press | Sunday February 20, 2011
Thousands of women in Bahrain took to the streets of the capital Manama on Saturday to show their support for the popular anti-government protests.Most women wore traditional black cloaks, with their heads covered. Others wore Bahraini flags around their shoulders as they converged on Pearl Roundabout, the focal-point for demonstrations."Today we a...
As army pulls back, Bahrain protesters retake Pearl Square
World News | Michael Slackman, New York Times | Sunday February 20, 2011
Thousands of jubilant protesters surged back into the symbolic heart of Bahrain on Saturday after government security forces withdrew and the monarchy called for peace after days of violent crackdowns.It was a remarkable turn after a week of protests that had shifted by the hour between joy and fear, euphoric surges of popular uprising followed by ...
Bahrain unrest: King appoints Crown Prince to start dialogue
World News | Associated Press | Saturday February 19, 2011
Soldiers opened fire on Friday on thousands of protesters defying a government ban and streaming towards the landmark Pearl Square in the Bahraini capital of Manama which had been the symbolic centre of the uprising to break the political grip of the Gulf nation's leaders.Officials at the main Salmaniya Hospital said at least 50 people were injured...
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