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One Killed in Bahrain Protests

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As police fire on funeral party.

From Tunisia to Egypt, now to Bahrain? The tiny island country has been gripped by protests on Monday and Tuesday. On Monday, thousands of protesters clashed with riot police with some reported deaths. The violence continued Tuesday as thousands of protesters flocked to the funeral of one of their fallen comrades and, once again, police fired on the funeral party and killed at least one person. Bahrain’s Shiite majority complains about oppression at the hands of its Sunni rulers.

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