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AP: Bahrain Ends Meat, Poultry Subsidies Amid Oil Price Slide
2015-10-02
Bahrain Mirror (AP): The tiny island kingdom of Bahrain has ended its government subsidies on meat and poultry products as countries across the Persian Gulf scramble to deal with low global oil prices.
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AP: Bahrain Expels Iranian Diplomat, Alleges Link to Militants
2015-10-02
Bahrain Mirror (AP): Bahrain ordered the acting Iranian charge d'affaires to leave within 72 hours Thursday night and recalled its own ambassador over allegations the Islamic Republic sponsored "subversion" and funneled arms to militants in the island kingdom.
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AFP: Bahrain Recalls Ambassador From Iran, Expels Tehran Envoy
2015-10-02
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain recalled its ambassador from Iran on Thursday and ordered Tehran's envoy to leave within 72 hours, claiming interference in its affairs, the official BNA news agency reported.
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Reuters: Bahrain Withdraws Ambassador from Iran After Bomb-Factory Find
2015-10-02
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain said on Thursday it had recalled its ambassador to Iran, a day after it said security forces had discovered a large bomb-making factory and arrested a number of suspects linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
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Reuters: Bahrain Lifts Meat Prices as Cheap Oil Hits State Finances
2015-10-02
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain more than doubled the prices of beef and chicken on Thursday, removing meat subsidies in a politically sensitive move designed to save money as low oil prices slash the government's revenues.
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Reuters: Bahrain Seeks Arrangers for Potential Sovereign Bond
2015-10-02
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain is in talks with banks about potentially issuing an international bond this year, three sources aware of the matter said on Thursday, as the Gulf country seeks to raise funds to cover a budget deficit created by cheap oil.
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AP: Bahrain Police Find 1.5 Tons of Explosives, Make Arrests
2015-10-01
Bahrain Mirror (AP): Bahraini police announced Wednesday they seized 1.5 tons of explosives in a warehouse and underground bunker system south of the capital, Manama, in one of the largest such busts amid ongoing unrest in the tiny island kingdom.
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AFP: Bahrain Seizes Arms, Arrests Suspects for 'Iran and Iraq Links'
2015-10-01
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Authorities in Bahrain said they had uncovered a large stash of weapons and arrested a number of people suspected of having links with Iran and Iraq.
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Reuters: Bahrain Says Uncovers Large Bomb-Making Factory
2015-10-01
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahraini security forces have discovered a large bomb-making factory and arrested a number of suspects linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
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New UK Opposition Labour Leader Scolds Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
2015-09-30
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): The new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party criticized Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on Tuesday for repressing their own citizens and called on Prime Minister David Cameron to stop his "uncritical support" for such countries.
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Reuters: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia Sign Contracts Worth $300 mln for New Oil Pipeline
2015-09-18
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have signed contracts worth around $300 million to lay a new 350,000-barrel per day (bpd) oil pipeline between the two countries, with the link due to be operational in 2018, Bahrain's Energy Minister said on Thursday.
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Reuters: Bahrain to Set up Cabinet Group to Focus on Financial Problems
2015-09-18
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Thursday ordered the formation of a "smaller cabinet" within the government that will look specifically at financial problems raised by lower oil prices, state news agency BNA reported.
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Reuters: British-Bahraini Asks Swiss to Probe Bahrain Attorney General for Torture
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A British-Bahraini man who says he was tortured in Bahrain in 2010 has filed a criminal complaint in Switzerland against Bahrain's attorney general, who was visiting Zurich for an international conference, the man's supporters said on Tuesday.
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AFP: Torture Complaint Filed Against Bahrain Attorney General in Switzerland
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A Bahrainian pro-democracy activist has filed a criminal complaint in Switzerland against the island nation's Attorney General Ali Bin Fadhul Al-Buainain over alleged participation in torture, a Swiss official said Tuesday.
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AFP: Bahrain Court Denies Bail for Shiite Opposition Chief
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain's appeals court refused bail Tuesday for Shiite opposition chief Ali Salman pending its review of his conviction for inciting disobedience and hatred, while the prosecution demanded his four-year sentence be stiffened.
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Reuters: Group of 32 Countries Criticizes Bahrain's Human Rights Record
2015-09-15
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Thirty-two countries including the United States and Britain expressed concern on Monday about Bahrain's human rights record, urging the Western-allied kingdom to protect the right to peaceful assembly and address reports of torture
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AFP: Bahrain Rights Remain 'Serious Concern' for 32 States
2015-09-15
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Thirty-two countries on Monday raised the alarm over the human rights situation in Bahrain, urging Manama to investigate reports of torture and other abuses and to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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أخبار الخليج تهاجم بي بي سي مجدداً: يساريون ذو أجندة ومنحازون
2015-09-15
مرآة البحرين: هاجم أنور عبدالرحمن، رئيس تحرير صحيفة أخبار الخليج المقربة من رئيس الوزراء، وللمرة الثالثة على التوالي خلال شهر، هيئة الإذاعة البريطانية بي بي سي، التي اتهمها بـ "الانحياز وعدم النزاهة".
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AFP: Bomb Attack on Bahrain Police Station, No Casualties
2015-09-12
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A bomb attack targeted a police station in a Bahraini Shiite village without causing casualties, the Sunni-ruled kingdom's official BNA news agency reported Friday.
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داعش بيننا: الدولة البحرينية وصعود الإسلام الجهادي
2015-09-11
مرآة البحرين (خاص): أطلق موقع مرآة البحرين إصداره الجديد بعنوان "داعش بيننا ... الدولة البحرينية وصعود الإسلام الجهادي".