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Khadija Habib, right, kisses her son, Ali Hasan, who was released from a police station in Nabih Saleh, Bahrain, on June 11, 2012.
The Associated Press reports — An 11-year-old boy accused of taking part in anti-government protests in Bahrain has been freed from prison pending his trial, a defense lawyer says.
Sixth-grade student Ali Hasan was allowed to return home Monday after spending a month behind bars, where he took his final school exams. He faces charges of joining an illegal gathering and other claims related to the ongoing unrest in the troubled Gulf nation. Read the full story.
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Indonesian workers shout slogans during a rally to mark May Day in Jakarta on May 1, 2012. Thousands of Indonesian workers staged the rally demanding the government raise the minimum wage and reject outsourcing.
The Associated Press reports — May Day moved beyond its roots as an international workers' holiday to a day of international protest Tuesday, with rallies throughout Asia demanding wage increases and marches planned across Europe over government-imposed austerity measures.
Thousands of workers protested in the Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan and other Asian nations, with the demand for wage hikes amid soaring oil prices a common theme. They said their take-home pay could not keep up with rising consumer prices, while also calling for lower school fees and expressing a variety of other gripes. Read the full story.
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A man carries a poster reading "Putin is our President!" during the May Labor Day rally of the Russian Trade Unions and United Russia party in Moscow on May 1, 2012. Russia's president-elect Vladimir Putin and outgoing head of state Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday joined over 100,000 people in a Soviet-style mass march through Moscow.
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Protesters dance around the burnt effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III during a May Day rally near the Presidential Palace in Manila on May 1, 2012. Thousands of workers marched under a brutal sun in Manila to demand a wage increase amid an onslaught of oil price increases, but the Philippine President rejected a $3 daily pay hike which the workers have been demanding since 1999 and warned may worsen inflation, spark layoffs and turn away foreign investors.
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Bahraini Shiites attend a demonstration celebrating Labor Day in the village of Muqsha'a on April 30, 2012. Many Shiite employees were either dismissed or indefinitely suspended from their jobs in the wake of a brutal crackdown by the Bahrain government.
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Indian sex workers hold candles and posters as they march in a May Day rally asking for their rights and the recognition of their profession in Kolkata, late on April 30, 2012.
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Visitors takes picture in front of Tiananmen gate in Beijing, China, on May 1, 2012. Tens of thousands of visitors flock to the area around Tiananmen Square to enjoy a public holiday to mark May Day.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (2nd L), Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2nd R), Independent Trade Unions' Chairman Mikhail Shmakov (L) and State Duma deputy Viktor Pinsky (R) toast in a bar after attending a rally in Moscow on May 1, 2012.
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Garment workers attend a rally to mark May Day at Paltan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 1, 2012. Different workers organizations have arranged programmes inluding a rally, seminars and cultural events as they demand the establishment of workers' rights.
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Laborers drilling a mountain to extract rocks inside a stone quarry on May 1, 2012 in Srinagar, Kashmir. Local labor leaders told media their colleagues at many construction sites were denied a May Day public holiday by their employers.
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A female mourner looks back as she participates in the funeral procession of Salah Abbas Habib in the district of al-Bilad al-Qadeem in the capital Manama on April 23.
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A Bahraini Shiite Muslim woman mourns during the funeral of Salah Abbas.
Salah Abbas Habib, 36, a Bahraini protester found dead on a rooftop after clashes with police during the Formula One Grand Prix, was buried on Monday after a funeral attended by about 15,000 people, a Reuters witness said.
His brother told Reuters before the funeral that a coroner's report had concluded that Habib died of birdshot wounds to the chest and abdomen.
"We just got the body back. He had birdshot wounds in his chest and abdomen," Hussein Abbas Habib said by telephone from Manama, adding that the body also had bad bruises on the hands, back and legs.
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A masked Bahraini Shiite Muslim boy stands in the street during clashes with riot police following a demonstration in the village of Belad al-Qadeem, south of Manama, on April 12. Protesters are against the Formula One race taking place on April 22, and in solidarity with Abdul Hadi al-Khawaja, a prisoner who went on hunger strike 64 days ago.
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Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone answers questions in the paddock from the media regarding the forthcoming Bahrain Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit on April 12, 2012 in Shanghai, China.
Reuters reports — Next week's Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead unless local officials decide otherwise, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Thursday.
"The race is on the calendar, it's scheduled. The only people that can do anything about it is the national sporting authority in the country that can ask for it to be withdrawn from the calendar," he told Reuters at the Chinese Grand Prix.
"Unless it gets withdrawn by the national sporting authority in the country, then we'll be there."
Local organizers, who had to cancel last year's race at Sakhir due to civil unrest, have been adamant that this year's event is safe to go ahead despite continuing sectarian divisions and street violence in the kingdom as well as threats targeting the grand prix. Read the full story.
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An anti-government protester runs for cover after throwing a molotov cocktail at an armoured personnel carrier belonging to riot police during clashes in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama, Bahrain on March 21.
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An anti-government protester throws a molotov cocktail during clashes with riot police in Manama, March 20. Bahrain's king on Tuesday said his island state had rolled out a raft of reforms in the wake of international criticism of its crackdown on protesters last year but now needed to prove it could put them into practice.
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An anti-government protester injured during a fall while running away from the police, holds his leg while being detained by riot policemen during clashes in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama, Bahrain on March 21.
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Bahraini anti-government protesters run through tear gas thrown by riot police during clashes Thursday on March 15 in the eastern town of Sitra, Bahrain. The clashes erupted during protests marking the one-year anniversary of a major crackdown on Sitra, an area that has seen some of the strongest anti-government unrest.
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A riot policeman fires tear-gas at anti-government protesters during a protest in the village of Sitra south of Manama on March 15.
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Police cars are hit with petrol bombs during clashes with protesters in Sitra village, south of Manama in Bahrain on March 15.
Shi'ite Muslims clashed with riot police in villages across Bahrain on Thursday, the anniversary of a government crackdown last year on a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf Arab state.
Witnesses said youths and police faced off in Shi'ite areas including Sitra, Diraz, Malkiya, Saar, Jidhafs, Tubli and Bilad al-Qadeem, all districts outside or on the edge of the capital Manama.
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Bahraini anti-government protesters, accompanied by two Western activists, sit in a street and gesture toward riot police blocking their way in Qadam, Bahrain, on Friday. The Westerners in front - U.S. activist Medea Benjamin, center right, and Briton Elaine Martha, center left - were arrested along with at least one Bahraini woman during the march, one of several efforts Friday to walk toward the main site of last spring's pro-democracy protests, now a revamped but sealed-off traffic junction in the capital.
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A Bahraini anti-government protester gestures at riot police in Qadam, Bahrain, on Friday. Two Western activists were arrested along with at least one Bahraini woman during the march, one of several efforts Friday to walk toward the main site of last spring's pro-democracy protests, now a revamped but sealed-off traffic junction in the capital.
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British activist Elaine Martha forms a victory sign with her fingers while showing her British passport, next to U.S. activist Medea Benjamin (L), as they sit in a police car after being arrested by women riot police for participating in a march to Al Farook Junction, formerly known as Pearl Square, in Budaiya, west of Manama on Friday. Bahrain authorities deported four more foreign activists in the past 24 hours, saying that all four obtained tourism visas but participated in illegal demonstrations, according to the Information Ministry.
Reuters reports: "These women are protesting peacefully," shouted a woman identified by protesters as U.S. activist Medea Benjamin, wearing a T-shirt that read "Unarmed civilian," as she was dragged away by women police.
A Bahraini woman choking from teargas was also dragged away.
Protesters identified the second detained foreign activist as Briton Elaine Martha. Bahrain has already arrested and deported around eight foreign activists in the past few days.
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Police armoured personnel fire tear gas at anti-government protesters in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama, Feb. 14. Anti-government protesters tried to march from all directions to reach to the junction but riot police dispersed them by firing tear-gas, rubber bullets and sound grenades. At least 25 protesters have been arrested throughout the daylong protests across the country.
Associated Press reports: Bahraini security forces fanned out across the island nation in unprecedented numbers on Tuesday as Shiites marked the one-year anniversary of their uprising against the country's Sunni rulers.
Authorities sent troop reinforcements and armored vehicles to the predominantly Shiite villages around the capital Manama to prevent people from gathering and answering the call of the main opposition movement, Al Wefaq.
Full story: Bahrain Shiites mark revolt anniversary
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Bahraini anti-government protesters face off with riot police Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Sanabis, Bahrain, on the edge of the capital of Manama. Clashes and attempts to march toward the well-barricaded hub of last year's pro-democracy protests marked the first anniversary of the uprising in the Gulf kingdom, and Bahraini security forces fanned out across the island nation in unprecedented numbers.
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Anti-government protesters grab prepared petrol bombs to use against riot police, in Sanabis, Bahrain, on the edge of the capital of Manama, on Tuesday, Feb. 14. Clashes and attempts to march toward the well-barricaded hub of last year's pro-democracy protests marked Tuesday's first anniversary of the uprising in the Gulf kingdom, and Bahraini security forces fanned out across the island nation in unprecedented numbers.
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A Bahraini man removed from his car is taken into custody Tuesday, Feb. 14, in Manama, Bahrain, where police stopped some motorists entering the capital, checking identification and arresting young men from several cars. Clashes and attempts to march toward the well-barricaded hub of last year's pro-democracy protests marked the first anniversary of the uprising in the Gulf kingdom, and Bahraini security forces fanned out across the island nation in unprecedented numbers.
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Bahraini anti-government protesters face off with riot police on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Ma'ameer, Bahrain.
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A Bahraini anti-government protester throws a tear gas canister back toward riot police who fired it on Thursday.
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Riot policemen open fire on pro-reform protesters in Maamer village south east of the Bahraini capital Manama on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
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Pro-reform protesters take cover from tear-gas fired by police in Maamer village south east of the Bahraini capital Manama on Thursday.
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An anti government protester holds a molotov cocktail and rocks during clashes with police after the funeral of Abdul Ali Abdullah in Ma'ameer on Thursday.
Reuters reports: MANAMA — Anti-government protesters clashed with Bahraini police in Manama on Thursday, a rare protest in the capital as majority Shi'ite Muslims try to sustain pressure for more reforms ahead of the February 14 anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising.
Groups of police on foot chased youths through the neighborhood, with police firing tear gas, sound bombs and rubber bullets and youths throwing stones and some petrol bombs. On a stormy evening, the wind blew most of the gas away.
"You mercenaries, get out of the country, you dogs!" one old man shouted after a patrol that passed through the alleys. Shi'ites say the government uses foreign police hires, mainly from Pakistan, who they face in clashes.
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Anti-government protesters throw back canisters of tear gas shot by the police in Sitra, southeast of Manama, on Thursday, Jan. 26.
Reuters reports — Bahrain's Interior Ministry said on Thursday that a man detained by police over "acts of sabotage" died in hospital while in custody, without elaborating on the cause of death.
Bahrain last year crushed protests led by its Shi'ite Muslim majority demanding an end to sectarian discrimination and limits to the authority of the Sunni ruling family, relying in part on backing from troops from fellow Sunni-led Gulf monarchies.
More than a thousand people were detained in the crackdown, at least four of whom died in official custody. An inquiry Bahrain commissioned into the protests and government crackdown found systematic abuse of detainees, including torture. Full story.
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Anti-government protesters gesture to the police in Sitra, southeast of Manama, Jan. 26.
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A man covers his face against tear gas fired by riot police on Nov. 24 in A'ali, Bahrain, at the end of a funeral for a 44-year-old man who died when his car was struck Wednesday by a security vehicle, according to unidentified witnesses. His funeral march drew thousands of mourners and protesters chanting anti-government slogans resulting in clashes with riot police. Bahraini officials said they are investigating.
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Women chant anti-government slogans during the funeral procession of Abdulnabi Kadhum Akel in Aali, south of Manama, on Nov.24.
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Riot police remove road blocks as they move in to disperse protesters who took to the streets after the funeral procession of Abdulnabi Kadhum Akel in Aali on Nov. 24.
Reuters reports:
Bahrainis, emboldened by a rights enquiry that found evidence of systematic abuse during the crushing of pro-democracy protests this year, clashed with police on Thursday after the funeral of Abdulnabi Kadhum Akel, a Shi'ite man who died a day earlier.
Some 10,000 people from the majority Shi'ite community in the Gulf Arab state took to the streets of the town of Aali, chanting slogans that were taken from the inquiry led by international rights lawyer Cherif Bassiouni.
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