Sunday, May 8, 2011

Bahrain's king orders end to emergency law (AP)



A car passes a pro-government billboard Sunday, May 8, 2011, in Muharraq, Bahrain, with pictures of jailed Bahraini Shiite and Sunni opposition leaders with their names written below, right to left: Hassan Meshaima, Abdel Wahab Hussein, Mohamed Muqdad, Ibrahim Sharif, Abdel Jalil Singace and a question mark over a blurred picture depicting a Shiite cleric that reads beneath it 'And others.' At top, the sign reads: 'Disease must be excised from the body of the nation,' and at bottom: 'We won't keep quiet after today about any mistakes or excesses by those whom abuse Bahrain and its people.' Bahrain's military prosecutor accused 21 political activists Sunday, including those on the billboard, of seeking to overthrow the ruling monarchy with the help of a foreign terrorist group, an apparent reference to Iranian-backed militants in a widening crackdown on a pro-reform uprising led by the island nation's Shiite majority. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)AP - Bahrain's king ordered an end to the emergency rule imposed in mid-March to quell a wave of anti-government protests as leading opposition figures went on trial Sunday for plotting against the Gulf state's monarchy.




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