<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - bahrain</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/bahrain</link><description>Newsvine - bahrain</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:12:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 19:34:02 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Bahrain court jails six for insulting king on Twitter</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A Bahraini court  jailed six people for a year on Wednesday for insulting King Hamad bin  Issa al Khalifa in messages on the microblogging site Twitter, the  official news agency said.
&nbsp;
The six were accused of writing  remarks "undermining the values and traditions of B&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[etva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[etva]]></source><link>http://etva.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18302905-bahrain-court-jails-six-for-insulting-king-on-twitter</link><guid>http://etva.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18302905-bahrain-court-jails-six-for-insulting-king-on-twitter</guid><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>freedom-of-speech</category><category>facepalm</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:09:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=etva896DE8AE-5DB8-F651-257D-934F22028138.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=etva896DE8AE-5DB8-F651-257D-934F22028138.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="15" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Britain, undermining press freedom in Bahrain &amp;#8211; Telegraph Blogs</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On World Press Freedom Day, someone in the British Embassy in Bahrain decided that it would be a good idea to solicit some views from Bahraini journalists and commentators on &ldquo;their views on the freedom of expression in Bahrain&rdquo;. Sounds reasonable, right?
&nbsp;Her&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MargaretKatheryn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MargaretKatheryn]]></source><link>http://margaretkatheryn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18042965-britain-undermining-press-freedom-in-bahrain-telegraph-blogs</link><guid>http://margaretkatheryn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18042965-britain-undermining-press-freedom-in-bahrain-telegraph-blogs</guid><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>freedom-of-the-press-day-except-for-bahrain</category><category>is-this-a-joke</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 23:14:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=margaretkatherynBBF89FB7-C2F8-CF93-B759-DF8FE9CE7BAA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=margaretkatherynBBF89FB7-C2F8-CF93-B759-DF8FE9CE7BAA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>#Bahrain v #USA whats in a word between friends?</title>
<description><![CDATA[The annual round of trashing the world has just been completed by the US State Department nominally disguised as the &ldquo;Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012&rdquo;. (  ).
&ldquo;We see it as fundamental to our own interests t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fredwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fredwillie]]></source><link>http://fredwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17988149-bahrain-v-usa-whats-in-a-word-between-friends</link><guid>http://fredwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17988149-bahrain-v-usa-whats-in-a-word-between-friends</guid><category>us</category><category>state-department</category><category>bahrain</category><category>us-news</category><category>secretary-of-state</category><category>john-f-kerry</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:34:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>#Bahrain #Boston Media Reaction to Two Bombings</title>
<description><![CDATA[#Bahrain #Boston Reaction to two bombings
Last summer three policemen died, one in a bomb attack also since hundreds more have been injured, many severely, all as a consequence of policing coordinated violent street attacks. During these last few months Bahrain has also witnessed&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fredwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fredwillie]]></source><link>http://fredwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/20/17838594-bahrain-boston-media-reaction-to-two-bombings</link><guid>http://fredwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/20/17838594-bahrain-boston-media-reaction-to-two-bombings</guid><category>politics</category><category>f1</category><category>boston</category><category>bahrain</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:49:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>#BAHRAIN Faqih, Theocratic Ayatollah or King</title>
<description><![CDATA[Much has this last week been written often erroneously about Bahrain so earlier this week in frustration I tweeted ( fred willie &rlm;@fredwillie460 ) 
#BAHRAIN #F1 everybody who is a nobody trying to be a somebody by jumping on the bandwagon to expose some wart in Bahrain societ&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fredwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fredwillie]]></source><link>http://fredwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17789351-bahrain-faqih-theocratic-ayatollah-or-king</link><guid>http://fredwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17789351-bahrain-faqih-theocratic-ayatollah-or-king</guid><category>politics</category><category>f1</category><category>bahrain</category><category>ayatollah</category><category>faqih</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:58:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fredwillie07411BA2-9C69-D865-66C9-F989339B6DAC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fredwillie07411BA2-9C69-D865-66C9-F989339B6DAC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;See this video of Isa Qassim making one of his many hate speeches This one telling his supporters to crush the police &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cErGyloePv4&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cErGyloePv4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bahrain GP on despite anti-government protests</title>
<description><![CDATA[Formula One returns this week to Bahrain, casting the spotlight on an event that has defied criticism while a bloody political crisis has engulfed one of the West's most important allies in the region.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Casey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Casey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17778574-bahrain-gp-on-despite-anti-government-protests</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17778574-bahrain-gp-on-despite-anti-government-protests</guid><category>sports</category><category>auto-racing</category><category>gp</category><category>formula-one</category><category>bahrain</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:39:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ac8f769-aae3-4319-b5e8-40944df5fa83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ac8f769-aae3-4319-b5e8-40944df5fa83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters block a road with burning debris to slow approaching riot police in Sanabis, Bahrain, Monday, April 15, 2013. The race is to be held Sunday. Bahrain's government has backed proposals to impose penalties of up five years in prison for insulting the Gulf state's king or its national symbols, the media said Monday. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f33c9893-5219-4000-8983-770ad99509d4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f33c9893-5219-4000-8983-770ad99509d4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters wait for a rally to begin in Daih, Bahrain, Monday, April 15, 2013. Bahrain's government has backed proposals to impose penalties of up five years in prison for insulting the Gulf state's king or its national symbols, the media said Monday. The poster shows images of protesters killed during past unrest and a cartoon depicting Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, left, and Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, with Arabic that reads, &quot;will you race on the blood of our martyrs?&quot; (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0fb9d3da-57ff-4555-9b30-9032836fcd07.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0fb9d3da-57ff-4555-9b30-9032836fcd07.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters block a road with burning debris to slow approaching riot police in Sanabis, Bahrain, Monday, April 15, 2013. The race is to be held Sunday. Bahrain's government has backed proposals to impose penalties of up five years in prison for insulting the Gulf state's king or its national symbols, the media said Monday. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=583b6277-2e8c-4837-b375-6fc35e21d8a8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=583b6277-2e8c-4837-b375-6fc35e21d8a8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters chant slogans and carry national flags during a rally in Daih, Bahrain, Monday, April 15, 2013. Bahrain's government has backed proposals to impose penalties of up five years in prison for insulting the Gulf state's king or its national symbols, the media said Monday. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c966c77b-c0a3-441e-a601-57340ee65dae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="355" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c966c77b-c0a3-441e-a601-57340ee65dae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Riot police pursue students, unseen, outside the gate of a high school in Manama, Bahrain, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Police in Bahrain's capital have raided a boys' high school and fired tear gas in clashes with students angry over a fellow student's arrest the day before. Tuesday's violence comes as the Gulf nation boosted security in preparation for next week's Formula One race. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>F1 to return to Bahrain amid more protests</title>
<description><![CDATA[Formula One is bracing for its return to Bahrain next week amid fresh protests about the staging of a grand prix in a country still riven by sectarian and political divisions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Lines]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris Lines]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17726366-f1-to-return-to-bahrain-amid-more-protests</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17726366-f1-to-return-to-bahrain-amid-more-protests</guid><category>sports</category><category>auto-racing</category><category>formula-one</category><category>bahrain</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:27:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9336ae2e-48fc-4f43-928a-721cc9b9e4a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9336ae2e-48fc-4f43-928a-721cc9b9e4a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini women spray anti-government graffiti during a march in A'ali, Bahrain, on  Friday, April 12, 2013. Old political graffiti includes &quot;steadfast.&quot; Thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Bahrain have joined a march that included breakaway protests against the scheduled Formula One race later this month. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=59daf01a-9bcc-432a-a3b5-eb2e6ba72939.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=59daf01a-9bcc-432a-a3b5-eb2e6ba72939.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester sprays graffiti opposing the upcoming Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix during a march in A'ali, Bahrain, on  Friday, April 12, 2013. It reads: &quot;no to Formula&quot; next to F1 being crossed out. Thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Bahrain have joined a march that included breakaway protests against the scheduled Formula One race later this month. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f78ce51d-f916-4b46-8402-ad8de9a8b0b0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="352" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f78ce51d-f916-4b46-8402-ad8de9a8b0b0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters carry national flags and posters of jailed political and human rights leaders during a march in A'ali, Bahrain, on  Friday, April 12, 2013. Thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Bahrain have joined a march that included breakaway protests against the scheduled Formula One race later this month. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bahrain's Continuing War on Doctors </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The government of Bahrain did not respect the rules of medical neutrality during the uprising of 2011, and attempts to speak out against this breach of trust between the medical community and the government were swiftly punished -- a discredit to the government of Bahrain and a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[etva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[etva]]></source><link>http://etva.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17707306-bahrains-continuing-war-on-doctors</link><guid>http://etva.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17707306-bahrains-continuing-war-on-doctors</guid><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>human-rights-abuses</category><category>international-human-rights</category><category>medical-neutrality</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:09:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=etvaDD6C675F-C270-5300-C50A-63A3951436E7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=etvaDD6C675F-C270-5300-C50A-63A3951436E7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Police, students clash in Bahrain after raid</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police in Bahrain's capital have raided a boys' high school and fired tear gas in clashes with students angry over a fellow student's arrest the day before.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reem Khalifa]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Reem Khalifa]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17669089-police-students-clash-in-bahrain-after-raid</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17669089-police-students-clash-in-bahrain-after-raid</guid><category>formula-one</category><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:02:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=465729ed-9358-425b-add8-6e96c620bbe9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=465729ed-9358-425b-add8-6e96c620bbe9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester carries flowers in a spent tear gas canister at a march in the northern village of Saar, Bahrain, on Friday, April 5, 2013. Demonstrators shouted &quot;down with the government&quot; during the march, called by several opposition groups demanding freedom for political prisoners and democracy in the Gulf island kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=691a2f7a-e2d5-44fa-93a1-30db5c31f077.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=691a2f7a-e2d5-44fa-93a1-30db5c31f077.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester prepares to throw a petrol bomb at riot police during clashes following a rally protesting against the upcoming Formula One race in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The Bahrain Grand Prix is to be held April 21. Bahrain says four suspects have been arrested after homemade firebombs were hurled at the foreign ministry in a possible escalation of anti-government protests. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ac8f769-aae3-4319-b5e8-40944df5fa83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ac8f769-aae3-4319-b5e8-40944df5fa83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters block a road with burning debris to slow approaching riot police in Sanabis, Bahrain, Monday, April 15, 2013. The race is to be held Sunday. Bahrain's government has backed proposals to impose penalties of up five years in prison for insulting the Gulf state's king or its national symbols, the media said Monday. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>PressTV - CNN spreads lies against Iran, Syria: Ex-correspondent</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Syria&rsquo;s SANA news agency quoted Amber Lyon as saying that when she was working for the CNN, she received orders to send false news or exclude certain information which the US administration did not approve of with the aim of inciting public opinion in favor of launching a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maciej Lewandowski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maciej Lewandowski]]></source><link>http://macieklew.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17602242-presstv-cnn-spreads-lies-against-iran-syria-ex-correspondent</link><guid>http://macieklew.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17602242-presstv-cnn-spreads-lies-against-iran-syria-ex-correspondent</guid><category>media</category><category>iran</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>journalism</category><category>lies</category><category>cnn</category><category>bahrain</category><category>amber-lyon</category><category>constant-demonization</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 18:07:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macieklew2C17DADD-639F-B77B-4229-2DC0F2631572.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macieklew2C17DADD-639F-B77B-4229-2DC0F2631572.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bahrain upholds sentence in Iran spy case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bahrain's news agency says an appeals court has confirmed a 10-year prison sentence against a man convicted of spying for Iran. The Gulf kingdom has long accused Tehran of aiding an anti-government uprising in the Arab country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17550259-bahrain-upholds-sentence-in-iran-spy-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17550259-bahrain-upholds-sentence-in-iran-spy-case</guid><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 10:40:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Britain softens its line on Bahrain </title>
<description><![CDATA[
A group of British MPs have "hailed the positive political and economic atmosphere reigning in Bahrain as well as landmark development strides", the Gulf Daily News ("The Voice of Bahrain") reports today.
The delegation of MPs, headed by Richard Ottaway, chairman of the House &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MargaretKatheryn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MargaretKatheryn]]></source><link>http://margaretkatheryn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17532711-britain-softens-its-line-on-bahrain</link><guid>http://margaretkatheryn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17532711-britain-softens-its-line-on-bahrain</guid><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>britains-support-for-human-rights-on-display</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:43:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bahrain&amp;#039;s Formula One for Failure </title>
<description><![CDATA[
This year, tourism is unlikely to perform well -- and if anything, the "country branding" impact looks likely to be negative. Internationally, the publicity around the Formula One Race (F-1race) has drawn attention to the country's continuing protests and violence, to a new Amn&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MargaretKatheryn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MargaretKatheryn]]></source><link>http://margaretkatheryn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17523784-bahrains-formula-one-for-failure</link><guid>http://margaretkatheryn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17523784-bahrains-formula-one-for-failure</guid><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>human-rights-violations</category><category>formula-one-race</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:35:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=margaretkatherynA8363D70-ED81-BF8A-C07E-ED38FF357FBA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=margaretkatherynA8363D70-ED81-BF8A-C07E-ED38FF357FBA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bahrain clears 21 medics of protest charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[A defense lawyer in Bahrain says 21 medical personnel have been cleared of charges linked to anti-government protests but cases remain open against two others who failed to appear in court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17428710-bahrain-clears-21-medics-of-protest-charges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17428710-bahrain-clears-21-medics-of-protest-charges</guid><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:35:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6cf33ab3-2e52-4aa9-aae2-877c5ac42e0e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6cf33ab3-2e52-4aa9-aae2-877c5ac42e0e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester holds a poster as riot police, unseen, fire tear gas outside the home of jailed human rights activist Nabeel Rajab in Bani Jamra, Bahrain, on Saturday, March 23, 2013. Security forces in Bahrain fired tear gas to prevent protesters from reaching the house of Rajab, who is the focus of an international campaign seeking his release.(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=69afe4ef-1cdf-4842-9dca-b7c13e869a69.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=69afe4ef-1cdf-4842-9dca-b7c13e869a69.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester holding stones confronts riot police, unseen behind clouds of tear gas, during clashes outside the home of jailed human rights activist Nabeel Rajab in Bani Jamra, Bahrain, on Saturday, March 23, 2013. Security forces in Bahrain fired tear gas to prevent protesters from reaching the house of Rajab, who is the focus of an international campaign seeking his release.(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b6f7d0d-567b-420c-a462-b40ad6251ac9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b6f7d0d-567b-420c-a462-b40ad6251ac9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters, masked against tear gas and some carrying steel rods, run from riot police in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Clashes erupted after the politically charged funeral of Jaffar al-Taweel, 35, who relatives and rights activists say died from excessive tear gas inhalation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bf51176-fba4-440a-8c85-8407c0f73104.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bf51176-fba4-440a-8c85-8407c0f73104.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters run as riot police open fire with tear gas and clashes begin in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Clashes erupted after the politically charged funeral of Jaffar al-Taweel, 35, who relatives and rights activists say died from excessive tear gas inhalation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a3f00e3-39b6-427e-8196-ef74a7beab3b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a3f00e3-39b6-427e-8196-ef74a7beab3b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester kicks at tear gas canisters fired by riot police in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Clashes erupted after the politically charged funeral of Jaffar al-Taweel, 35, who relatives and rights activists say died from excessive tear gas inhalation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2cf66ec4-0911-47f4-b2c1-962864822cd1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2cf66ec4-0911-47f4-b2c1-962864822cd1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester, masked against tear gas, throws stones at a police armored vehicle during clashes in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Clashes erupted after the politically charged funeral of Jaffar al-Taweel, 35, who relatives and rights activists say died from excessive tear gas inhalation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b8f7017-fa44-4229-9dfc-b185ada58e7e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b8f7017-fa44-4229-9dfc-b185ada58e7e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester helps another who fell in tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Clashes erupted after the politically charged funeral of Jaffar al-Taweel, 35, who relatives and rights activists say died from excessive tear gas inhalation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2aafb81d-a56a-4b48-8c71-fcfa2aa5e001.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2aafb81d-a56a-4b48-8c71-fcfa2aa5e001.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters, one carrying a steel rod, move through tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Clashes erupted after the politically charged funeral of Jaffar al-Taweel, 35, who relatives and rights activists say died from excessive tear gas inhalation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f6fc337-1495-4dfa-8acc-8fee72e2a97e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f6fc337-1495-4dfa-8acc-8fee72e2a97e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mourners chant anti-government slogans and wave national flags during a politically charged funeral in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Clashes between riot police and protesters erupted after the funeral of Jaffar al-Taweel, 35, who relatives and rights activists say died from excessive tear gas inhalation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bahrain sentences 17 to 15 years for bombing</title>
<description><![CDATA[A lawyer in Bahrain says 17 suspected anti-government protesters have been sentenced to 15-year prison sentences for links to a bombing last year that injured four policemen.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17283846-bahrain-sentences-17-to-15-years-for-bombing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17283846-bahrain-sentences-17-to-15-years-for-bombing</guid><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:41:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1fb61687-fd30-477a-8f6f-9b9eb023919e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1fb61687-fd30-477a-8f6f-9b9eb023919e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester shouts anti-government slogans as she bangs on a tray during a protest in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Protesters in opposition strongholds nationwide held noisy rallies Tuesday night, banging on drums, metal trays and pot lids to stir support for a planned &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; on Thursday - when government opponents refrain from going to work, school or shopping and close their stores. Graffiti on the wall includes images of jailed political leaders and reads: &quot;Freedom or martyrdom,&quot; &quot;Dignity Strike 2, our date is March 14,&quot; and &quot;God is greater.&quot; (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86e04ba5-0705-452f-8309-ce59ab1ef1c1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86e04ba5-0705-452f-8309-ce59ab1ef1c1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester reacts to tear gas fired by riot police during a protest in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Protesters in opposition strongholds nationwide held noisy rallies Tuesday night, banging on drums, metal trays and pot lids to stir support for a planned &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; on Thursday &amp;#8212; when government opponents refrain from going to work, school or shopping and close their stores. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6ee0c7ec-9703-4179-8205-1783f188197f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6ee0c7ec-9703-4179-8205-1783f188197f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini protesters bang on pans and use compressed air horns to sound out anti-government slogans in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Riot police stormed the protest, firing tear gas and making arrests. Protesters in opposition strongholds nationwide held similar noisy rallies Tuesday night, banging on drums, metal trays and pot lids to stir support for a planned &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; on Thursday &amp;#8212; when government opponents refrain from going to work, school or shopping and close their stores. Graffiti on the wall includes images of jailed political leaders and reads: &quot;God avenge us,&quot; &quot;Dignity Strike 2, our date is March 14,&quot; and &quot;God is greater.&quot; (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5c9d6ba7-7fd2-4bb7-b95a-03da5cf0e5e0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5c9d6ba7-7fd2-4bb7-b95a-03da5cf0e5e0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester shouts anti-government slogans as she bangs on a tray during a protest in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Protesters in opposition strongholds nationwide held noisy rallies Tuesday night, banging on drums, metal trays and pot lids to stir support for a planned &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; on Thursday - when government opponents refrain from going to work, school or shopping and close their stores. Graffiti on the wall includes images of jailed political leaders and reads: &quot;Freedom or martyrdom,&quot; &quot;Dignity Strike 2, our date is March 14,&quot; and &quot;God is greater.&quot; (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6c5a264c-0abe-4053-99cb-0baf5138220d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6c5a264c-0abe-4053-99cb-0baf5138220d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters block roads with bricks and stones to prevent police vehicle attacks in Malkiya village, Bahrain, late Wednesday night, March 13, 2013. Protesters in opposition strongholds nationwide started preparations for a planned &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; on Thursday &amp;#8212; when government opponents refrain from going to work, school or shopping and close their stores. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1089e94-d640-442b-8ddc-521b2f740550.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1089e94-d640-442b-8ddc-521b2f740550.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester adds fuel to a burning water tank in Malkiya village, Bahrain, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted in opposition areas nationwide Thursday with government opponents observing a &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school, called by the more radical February 14 youth group. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1a0962ce-9ea6-4a46-9e3f-15355c388939.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1a0962ce-9ea6-4a46-9e3f-15355c388939.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An old water storage tank burns as Bahraini anti-government protesters look out for riot police in Malkiya village, Bahrain, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted in opposition areas nationwide Thursday with government opponents observing a &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school, called by the more radical February 14 youth group. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=960ccfea-4466-468a-8ece-1ac5cde82417.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=960ccfea-4466-468a-8ece-1ac5cde82417.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester stand in front a burnt vehicle in Malkiya village, Bahrain, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted in opposition areas nationwide Thursday with government opponents observing a &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school called by the more radical February 14 youth group. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25f11157-f03e-4c8a-bd94-3cf78d1b7e6c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25f11157-f03e-4c8a-bd94-3cf78d1b7e6c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters look for riot police by a burned dumpster in Malkiya village, Bahrain, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted in opposition areas nationwide Thursday with government opponents observing a &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school, called by the more radical February 14 youth group. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4d9c11c1-44a9-495b-b6a3-331e553d290a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4d9c11c1-44a9-495b-b6a3-331e553d290a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester stand in front a burnt vehicle in Malkiya village, Bahrain, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted in opposition areas nationwide Thursday with government opponents observing a &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school called by the more radical February 14 youth group. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e4aff0e-f9cc-4c9d-8108-0d44385b58e9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="508" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e4aff0e-f9cc-4c9d-8108-0d44385b58e9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester is engulfed in flames when a shot fired by riot police hit the petrol bomb in his hand that he was preparing to throw during clashes in Sanabis, Bahrain, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted in opposition areas nationwide Thursday with government opponents observing a &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; &amp;#8212; blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school &amp;#8212; called by the more radical February 14 youth group. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5bce91d6-b0e6-4204-86b1-c92583bb0e29.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5bce91d6-b0e6-4204-86b1-c92583bb0e29.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester dodges a tear gas canister fired by riot police in Sanabis, Bahrain, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted in opposition areas nationwide Thursday with government opponents observing a &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; &amp;#8212; blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school &amp;#8212; called by the more radical February 14 youth group. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1da7aad-f075-4807-ae3d-e414eb1b5af8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1da7aad-f075-4807-ae3d-e414eb1b5af8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester is engulfed in flames when a shot fired by riot police hit the petrol bomb in his hand that he was preparing to throw during clashes in Sanabis, Bahrain, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted in opposition areas nationwide Thursday with government opponents observing a &quot;Dignity Strike&quot; blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school called by the more radical February 14 youth group. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bahrain crown prince widens role amid crisis talks</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bahrain's king has appointed his heir to an additional role overseeing government affairs in an apparent gesture to opposition groups that have led more than two years of protests in the Gulf nation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17267410-bahrain-crown-prince-widens-role-amid-crisis-talks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17267410-bahrain-crown-prince-widens-role-amid-crisis-talks</guid><category>ap</category><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:55:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>#Bahrain - A man with a mission. By Anwar Abdulrahman </title>
<description><![CDATA[From the Gulf Daily News&nbsp; (GDN)

A man with a mission...
By Anwar Abdulrahman,&nbsp;
March 07, 2013
&nbsp;
The Minister of Interior a few days ago invited representatives of  various community sectors, and also in&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fredwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fredwillie]]></source><link>http://fredwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17219826-bahrain-a-man-with-a-mission-by-anwar-abdulrahman</link><guid>http://fredwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17219826-bahrain-a-man-with-a-mission-by-anwar-abdulrahman</guid><category>iran</category><category>politics</category><category>bahrain</category><category>ied</category><category>terror-cell</category><category>mena</category><category>niemans-foundation</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 08:53:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bahrain overturns acquittal of opposition figure</title>
<description><![CDATA[A senior Bahrain prosecutor says an appeals court has overturned the acquittal and sentenced the daughter of a jailed opposition leader to three months in prison.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17144453-bahrain-overturns-acquittal-of-opposition-figure</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17144453-bahrain-overturns-acquittal-of-opposition-figure</guid><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 10:44:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48cebd3c-cd64-4753-b9fc-2a2abbea809f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48cebd3c-cd64-4753-b9fc-2a2abbea809f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters sitting together along a sidewalk gesture to a journalist between clashes with riot police in Malkiya, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Clashes erupted when police dispersed residents gathering for a march in the western village, one of several demonstrations nationwide demanding the body of a 20-year-old who died last week be released for burial. A dispute between the family and government over his funeral plans has delayed release of his body. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bahrain court clears 2 police in protester death</title>
<description><![CDATA[A defense lawyer in Bahrain says a court has acquitted two policemen charged in the shooting death of a protester at the beginning of the 2-year-old uprising in the Gulf nation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17054373-bahrain-court-clears-2-police-in-protester-death</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17054373-bahrain-court-clears-2-police-in-protester-death</guid><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:13:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bahrain Feb14 Masquerading as St Valentine.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bahrain Feb14 Masquerading as St Valentine.
&nbsp;
This last weekend Bahrain suffered the worst street violence it has seen since February 2011. Some will say this was not surprising given that, it was the second anniversary of what the media wrongly labeled as our &ldquo;Arab Sp&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fredwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fredwillie]]></source><link>http://fredwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17006126-bahrain-feb14-masquerading-as-st-valentine</link><guid>http://fredwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17006126-bahrain-feb14-masquerading-as-st-valentine</guid><category>police</category><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>masquerade</category><category>st-valentine</category><category>feb14</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:21:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fredwillie3FC66041-122F-4BFD-8938-FD5A00D50E76.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="371" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fredwillie3FC66041-122F-4BFD-8938-FD5A00D50E76.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="112" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Hijacked car set ablaze as a bar to traffic &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fredwillieDCD7CC69-A3AD-63CD-E26B-D1622789B62D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="327" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fredwillieDCD7CC69-A3AD-63CD-E26B-D1622789B62D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;HRH the Prime Minister Khalifa Bin Salman enjoys a coffee and a chat with shoppers &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fredwillie962F36AD-2AD8-6B85-5299-108E4C80582D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fredwillie962F36AD-2AD8-6B85-5299-108E4C80582D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>2 Sunni groups halt roles in Bahrain crisis talks</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two Sunni factions in Bahrain say they are suspending participation in talks with Shiite opposition groups because of a spike in violence in the Gulf nation's two-year-old uprising.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16956752-2-sunni-groups-halt-roles-in-bahrain-crisis-talks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16956752-2-sunni-groups-halt-roles-in-bahrain-crisis-talks</guid><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>two-sunni</category><category>arab-spring-inspired</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:11:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16bc1a1c-3818-4936-8ed2-8ce42f90f71d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16bc1a1c-3818-4936-8ed2-8ce42f90f71d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A masked Bahraini anti-government protester confronts riot police who give chase in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Clashes erupted at the end of an anti-government march, when hundreds of youths attempted to reach the heavily guarded site of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f0806dc1-8605-464d-92d6-4e441f3ea625.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f0806dc1-8605-464d-92d6-4e441f3ea625.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Riot police clear the way for the armored vehicles to pass along a highway on the outskirts of the capital of Manama during clashes with Bahraini anti-government protesters in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Clashes erupted at the end of an anti-government march, when hundreds of youths attempted to reach the heavily guarded site of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f637f9b-4dd4-443e-9e6b-96c9d080864d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f637f9b-4dd4-443e-9e6b-96c9d080864d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester gestures toward riot police during clashes in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Clashes erupted in several opposition villages around the kingdom on the eve of the second anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=07f05dbb-4d86-4cc3-afcd-71d2340dc212.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=07f05dbb-4d86-4cc3-afcd-71d2340dc212.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman and her child watch clashes between anti-government protesters and riot police from their window as a protester hurls a stone toward police in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Clashes erupted in several opposition villages around the kingdom on the eve of the second anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising. Graffiti on the wall reads: &quot;No to dialogue with murderers.&quot; (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=75981393-57bc-42c2-a851-a43832bd4c11.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=75981393-57bc-42c2-a851-a43832bd4c11.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Riot police clear the way for police vehicles to pass during clashes with anti-government protesters in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Clashes erupted in several opposition villages around the kingdom on the eve of the second anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5d310a35-9f8c-4f78-8f66-86c6ea19def6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5d310a35-9f8c-4f78-8f66-86c6ea19def6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester wears a headband that reads &quot;steadfast&quot; during clashes with riot police in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Clashes erupted at the end of an anti-government march, when hundreds of youths attempted to reach the heavily guarded site of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0fce7743-99c0-4480-932f-e8d18ad70f76.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="372" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0fce7743-99c0-4480-932f-e8d18ad70f76.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters waving national flags and hold up pictures depicting prisoners and those who have died in anti-government unrest as they march in Sanabis, Bahrain, Manama, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Clashes erupted at the end of the march, when hundreds of youths attempted to reach the heavily guarded site of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2780103f-b4bf-4b02-94dd-a0b8e4660dba.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2780103f-b4bf-4b02-94dd-a0b8e4660dba.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Clashes erupted in several opposition villages around the kingdom on the eve of the second anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ea909b6-ec3f-4bc9-950c-c3c33905acc9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ea909b6-ec3f-4bc9-950c-c3c33905acc9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A masked Bahraini anti-government protester walks by a wall decorated with posters honoring those who have died in recent unrest, during clashes with riot police in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Clashes erupted in several opposition villages around the kingdom on the eve of the second anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising. Graffiti on the wall reads: &quot;Steadfast.&quot; (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9dd9140e-f73c-42be-8407-8575e6dfda46.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9dd9140e-f73c-42be-8407-8575e6dfda46.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters participate in a rally in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Clashes erupted in several opposition villages around the kingdom on the eve of the second anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6ec8e840-4d37-4c85-80f1-fa09443ccece.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6ec8e840-4d37-4c85-80f1-fa09443ccece.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters react to tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Daih, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the second anniversary of the start of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf island kingdom. Protests began at daybreak in opposition areas nationwide as protesters attempted to return to the well-barricaded main site of the uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6e90094-afa9-43cc-9fff-33960c9c36f3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6e90094-afa9-43cc-9fff-33960c9c36f3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Riot police look for Bahraini anti-government protesters during clashes in Daih, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the second anniversary of the start of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf island kingdom. Protests began at daybreak in opposition areas nationwide as protesters attempted to return to the well-barricaded main site of the uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a0018f4-079c-4778-9ad7-b91c625bb3a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a0018f4-079c-4778-9ad7-b91c625bb3a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters clash with riot police in Daih, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the second anniversary of the start of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf island kingdom. Protests began at daybreak in opposition areas nationwide as protesters attempted to return to the well-barricaded main site of the uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=571c8718-c3f4-410a-990f-03185dc0aecc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=571c8718-c3f4-410a-990f-03185dc0aecc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester reacts to tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Daih, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the second anniversary of the start of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf island kingdom. Protests began at daybreak in opposition areas nationwide as protesters attempted to return to the well-barricaded main site of the uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=990da133-4477-428c-8ebb-6e42dc900823.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=990da133-4477-428c-8ebb-6e42dc900823.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters clash with riot police in Daih, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the second anniversary of the start of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf island kingdom. Protests began at daybreak in opposition areas nationwide as protesters attempted to return to the well-barricaded main site of the uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a55cedb-16bb-4c0a-80a0-0e805b16d869.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a55cedb-16bb-4c0a-80a0-0e805b16d869.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester reacts to tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Daih, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the second anniversary of the start of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf island kingdom. Protests began at daybreak in opposition areas nationwide as protesters attempted to return to the well-barricaded main site of the uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa45ef34-98d2-4c36-ac27-98d06564b8ae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa45ef34-98d2-4c36-ac27-98d06564b8ae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wounded Bahraini anti-government protesters are treated at a house after shot with pellets fired by riot police during clashes in Daih, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the second anniversary of the start of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf island kingdom. Protests began at daybreak in opposition areas nationwide as protesters attempted to return to the well-barricaded main site of the uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03f2f325-7d7c-4776-9f6f-1b6192cd83e1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03f2f325-7d7c-4776-9f6f-1b6192cd83e1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester throw a stone toward riot police during clashes in Daih, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the second anniversary of the start of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf island kingdom. Protests began at daybreak in opposition areas nationwide as protesters attempted to return to the well-barricaded main site of the uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5742946c-e61d-46e0-be3a-b683d64c6096.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5742946c-e61d-46e0-be3a-b683d64c6096.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wounded Bahraini anti-government protesters are treated at a house after being shot with pellets fired by riot police during clashes in Daih, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the second anniversary of the start of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf island kingdom. Protests began at daybreak in opposition areas nationwide as protesters attempted to return to the well-barricaded main site of the uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=92cbfaf6-7216-4c94-a49d-8cde15511d4a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=92cbfaf6-7216-4c94-a49d-8cde15511d4a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters clash with riot police in Daih, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the second anniversary of the start of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf island kingdom. Protests began at daybreak in opposition areas nationwide as protesters attempted to return to the well-barricaded main site of the uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f9cc4a4-898a-403a-9e15-183df7400151.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f9cc4a4-898a-403a-9e15-183df7400151.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester reacts to tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Daih, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the second anniversary of the start of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf island kingdom. Protests began at daybreak in opposition areas nationwide as protesters attempted to return to the well-barricaded main site of the uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1d620a02-526c-45f3-a502-996b7050880c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1d620a02-526c-45f3-a502-996b7050880c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Masked Bahraini anti-government protesters chant slogans and hold petrol bombs during clashes with riot police in Sanabis, Bahrain, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Security forces in Bahrain clashed on Thursday with anti-government protesters in street battles that left at least one boy dead amid high tensions on the second anniversary of the uprising in the Gulf nation, activists said. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3501413-b01c-4e40-ba97-e5195cdf95b3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="209" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3501413-b01c-4e40-ba97-e5195cdf95b3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="63" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters chant slogans during clashes with riot police in Sanabis, Bahrain, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Security forces in Bahrain clashed on Thursday with anti-government protesters in street battles that left at least one boy dead amid high tensions on the second anniversary of the uprising in the Gulf nation, activists said. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=43455012-099f-47cc-bb5a-c63968e2da99.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=43455012-099f-47cc-bb5a-c63968e2da99.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters prepare for clashes with riot police during the second anniversary of the start a pro-democracy uprising in Sanabis, Bahrain, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Security forces in Bahrain clashed on Thursday with anti-government protesters in street battles that left at least one boy dead amid high tensions on the second anniversary of the uprising in the Gulf nation, activists said. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bahrain Air grounded by mounting debts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Debt-burdened carrier Bahrain Air grounded all flights Wednesday after announcing plans to shut down operations and sell its assets amid struggles to rebound from the Gulf nation's unrest-driven downturn and competition with bigger rivals.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16945086-bahrain-air-grounded-by-mounting-debts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16945086-bahrain-air-grounded-by-mounting-debts</guid><category>grounded</category><category>carrier</category><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>bahrain-air</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:38:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16bc1a1c-3818-4936-8ed2-8ce42f90f71d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16bc1a1c-3818-4936-8ed2-8ce42f90f71d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A masked Bahraini anti-government protester confronts riot police who give chase in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Clashes erupted at the end of an anti-government march, when hundreds of youths attempted to reach the heavily guarded site of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fd941b86-1452-4563-bc28-81ab2d734d41.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fd941b86-1452-4563-bc28-81ab2d734d41.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters clash with plain clothes police firing tear gas during clashes in Sanabis, Bahrain, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. After nearly two years of nonstop unrest, opposing factions in Bahrain began talks on Sunday to ease an Arab Spring conflict that has run longer than Syria's rebellion and is playing out on the doorstep of the U.S. military's main naval base in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=72720f40-a947-4e28-9ef6-97d7f135f558.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=72720f40-a947-4e28-9ef6-97d7f135f558.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A masked Bahraini anti-government protester holding rocks runs through tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Sanabis, Bahrain, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. After nearly two years of nonstop unrest, opposing factions in Bahrain began talks on Sunday to ease an Arab Spring conflict that has run longer than Syria's rebellion and is playing out on the doorstep of the U.S. military's main naval base in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f0806dc1-8605-464d-92d6-4e441f3ea625.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f0806dc1-8605-464d-92d6-4e441f3ea625.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Riot police clear the way for the armored vehicles to pass along a highway on the outskirts of the capital of Manama during clashes with Bahraini anti-government protesters in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Clashes erupted at the end of an anti-government march, when hundreds of youths attempted to reach the heavily guarded site of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Talks to end Bahrain crisis begin amid mistrust</title>
<description><![CDATA[After nearly two years of nonstop unrest, opposing factions in Bahrain began talks on Sunday to ease an Arab Spring conflict that has run longer than Syria's rebellion and is playing out on the doorstep of the U.S. military's main naval base in the Persian Gulf.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reem Khalifa]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Reem Khalifa]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16868790-talks-to-end-bahrain-crisis-begin-amid-mistrust</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16868790-talks-to-end-bahrain-crisis-begin-amid-mistrust</guid><category>persian-gulf</category><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>arab-spring</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0068b2db-ab6b-4139-b667-22c50a52f309.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0068b2db-ab6b-4139-b667-22c50a52f309.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini boy walks by a wall with signs in English and Arabic objecting to a government-mediated dialogue scheduled for Sunday between opponents  and supporters of the Bahraini monarchy in Sitra, Bahrain, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. Bilingual posters on the wall are honoring those who have died in recent unrest, condemning U.S. President Barak Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, and promoting the street demonstration plans of the Feb. 14 youth group on the upcoming second anniversary of Bahrain's pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=64e18eaf-988d-40a0-83de-58297dc92b19.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=64e18eaf-988d-40a0-83de-58297dc92b19.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini girls play by a wall covered with signs in English and Arabic objecting to a government-mediated dialogue scheduled for Sunday between opponents  and supporters of the Bahraini monarchy in Sitra, Bahrain, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. Pictures on the wall are of those who have died in recent unrest and of prominent jailed opposition figures. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=203059a7-9d38-4ddc-92ac-666f208cdea5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="495" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=203059a7-9d38-4ddc-92ac-666f208cdea5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Youths walk by a fire set by Bahraini anti-government protesters Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Sitra, Bahrain. Pro-democracy protests continue in villages around the Gulf island kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81c9c1d7-b376-4fa5-afdf-4c3e4c40d04d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81c9c1d7-b376-4fa5-afdf-4c3e4c40d04d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A car passes by a fire set by Bahraini anti-government protesters Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Sitra, Bahrain. Pro-democracy protests continue in villages around the Gulf island kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bahrain's 2-year-old uprising at crossroads</title>
<description><![CDATA[Young men wearing masks lurk in the darkened alcoves of the old market in Bahrain's capital. "To victory," they whisper as they hand out pamphlets calling for greater rebellion after two years of nonstop unrest in the Gulf kingdom.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reem Khalifa]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Reem Khalifa]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16838461-bahrains-2-year-old-uprising-at-crossroads</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16838461-bahrains-2-year-old-uprising-at-crossroads</guid><category>at</category><category>uprising</category><category>bahrain</category><category>crossroads</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 15:30:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9a4c3da9-4538-4234-8f83-f6f216484ec4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9a4c3da9-4538-4234-8f83-f6f216484ec4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 photo, a Bahraini anti-government protester carries a national flag as he runs during a march in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain. Graffiti on the wall refers to Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, reading: &quot;Oh, Hamad, did you forget God's words?&quot; and goes into a verse from the Quran about injustice. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=758dd7b0-1af1-4557-b92d-27e0ad0dc26a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="509" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=758dd7b0-1af1-4557-b92d-27e0ad0dc26a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In This March 4, 2011, file photo Tens of thousands of Bahraini anti-government protesters march from the main government house in the capital of Manama, Bahrain, to the Pearl roundabout, where they have set up camp. The sign reading &quot;Down Khalifa&quot; refers to Prime Minister Khalifa Al Khalifa. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1ef51df-4b4a-4bad-a22d-3c49beefc18a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="349" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1ef51df-4b4a-4bad-a22d-3c49beefc18a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senior nurse Rula al Saffar carries a sign with images of jailed Bahraini medics during an anti-government march Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain. Hundreds shouted &quot;down with the government&quot; during the march which was called by several opposition groups to demand freedom for political prisoners and democracy in the Gulf island kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d886f25d-e1df-4e8d-8d6b-f21e9d0f7e32.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d886f25d-e1df-4e8d-8d6b-f21e9d0f7e32.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters carry signs and national flags during a march Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain. Hundreds shouted &quot;down with the government&quot; during the march, called by several opposition groups to demand freedom for political prisoners and democracy in the Gulf island kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7299f8da-ef7f-4c37-99be-2b61b94c63b9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="378" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7299f8da-ef7f-4c37-99be-2b61b94c63b9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -- In This Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011, file photo, Bahrainis participate in an anti-government protest at the Pearl roundabout in Manama, Bahrain. There is no clear center of gravity in Bahrain's uprising like Egypt's Tahrir Square. Bahrain's protest hub of Pearl Square was cleared by police raids in the early weeks of the unrest and now is ringed round-the-clock by security forces, razor wire and concrete barricades. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=404bb4c3-790c-4641-9e20-04f40eaa8d02.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=404bb4c3-790c-4641-9e20-04f40eaa8d02.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahrain's Justice Minister Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa, speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain, on Monday Feb. 4, 2013. Al Khalifa said preliminary political talks are scheduled to begin Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 just days before the second anniversary of the anniversary of the beginning of Bahrain's uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1b97e4d9-c967-4be2-ac76-ab62d4437f8f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1b97e4d9-c967-4be2-ac76-ab62d4437f8f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters wave national flags and carry signs during a march called by several opposition groups to demand freedom for political prisoners and democracy, in Muharraq, Bahrain, on Monday Feb. 4, 2013. Arabic on the image at right reads, &quot;Martyr Yousef Mowali.&quot; (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d95ec1f3-12d4-4428-9e52-76bb42453826.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="389" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d95ec1f3-12d4-4428-9e52-76bb42453826.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Bahraini anti-government protester wears the colors of the national flag and carries a sign during a march called by several opposition groups to demand freedom for political prisoners and democracy, in Muharraq, Bahrain, Monday Feb. 4, 2013. Arabic on sign reads, &quot;Stop our bloodshed. We will not give up our demands.&quot; (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1b2c2cc4-fd60-4a1a-97e6-8b343b6c6f41.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1b2c2cc4-fd60-4a1a-97e6-8b343b6c6f41.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bahraini anti-government protesters wave national flags and carry signs during a march called by several opposition groups to demand freedom for political prisoners and democracy, in Muharraq, Bahrain, on Monday Feb. 4, 2013. Arabic on poster showing a jailed opposition leader reads, &quot;Freedom for Ibrahim Sherief,&quot; (AP Photo/Hasan amali)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bahrain Missing News from the Street</title>
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#Bahrain as the F1 approaches - Missing News from the Street
According to online activists the cry from the street as staging of the F1 approaches in Bahrain will again be &ldquo;We want democracy, we want freedom&rdquo;. The loudest voices will be naturally the Islamic s&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fredwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fredwillie]]></source><link>http://fredwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16837231-bahrain-missing-news-from-the-street</link><guid>http://fredwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16837231-bahrain-missing-news-from-the-street</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>politics</category><category>bahrain</category><category>mena</category><category>feb14</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:59:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>