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Bahraini forces have injured three people after firing tear gas at dozens of demonstrators ahead of the anniversary of Shiite-led protests crushed in March, an opposition activist said on Saturday. "Three people were severely wounded by tear gas canisters" fired at protesters on Friday, said the source who requested anonymity. Several others suffered from breathing difficulties after inhaling the gas. Shiite-led protests took off from neighbourhoods in Manama as well as from the villages of...Read Full Story

Bahraini forces have clashed with anti-regime protesters in Bilad al Qadim village near the capital Manama on the eve of the first anniversary of the Bahraini uprising. Some protesters hurled firebombs and rocks after the security forces fired tear gas. On Monday, thousands of opposition supporters marched through Manama’s streets in the largest attempt in [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.Read Full Story

Police fired tear gas at demonstrators Tuesday as hundreds of activists tried to reach the landmark Pearl Roundabout on the anniversary of last year's pro-democracy protests in Bahrain.Read Full Story

Manama, Bahrain (CNN) -- Police fired tear gas at demonstrators Tuesday as hundreds of activists tried to reach the landmark Pearl Roundabout on the anniversary of last year's pro-democracy protests in Bahrain.Read Full Story

MANAMA, Bahrain – Bahraini security forces fanned out in unprecedented numbers on Tuesday as the island nation was marking the one-year anniversary of the Shiite-led uprising against its Sunni rulers.Read Full Story

MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahraini protesters dissatisfied with the government's reform moves prepared for a fresh attempt to retake a landmark roundabout on Tuesday, the first anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising crushed by the Gulf Arab kingdom.Read Full Story

Tensions are growing in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain. Protests by Shiites in outlying areas are growing ahead of next week's anniversary of the uprising. There are daily clashes between protesters and police and some fear that the violence will escalate as the anniversary approaches on Feb. 14, perhaps spreading to the streets of the capital, Manama. » E-Mail This      » Add to Del.icio.usRead Full Story

MANAMA, Bahrain – Authorities in Bahrain are blaming the country's opposition for the violence that erupted at a rally in the nation's capital ahead of the anniversary of the Shiite-led uprising in the Gulf kingdom.Read Full Story

Manama, Bahrain (CNN) -- Police in Bahrain turned tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters who wanted to march from a Monday night demonstration on the outskirts of Manama toward a city landmark.Read Full Story

صرح القائد العام لقوة دفاع البحرين المشير الركن الشيخ خليفة بن أحمد آل خليفة، أن ما تعرضت له البحرين من أحداث مؤسفة كانت محاولة انقلابية مدعومة من الخارج، وأكد جاهزية القوة بمختلف تشكيلاتها ووحداتها العسكرية للتعامل مع كافة حالات التصعيد الأمني مستقبلا، مؤكدا في السياق ذاته أن قوة الدفاع على أهبة الاستعداد لمواجهة أي تصعيد محتمل. محذرا في السياق تفاصيل الخبرRead Full Story