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Anti-Government Protesters Hit Bahrain Streets

   VOA News  February 24, 2011
   Anti-government  protesters march in a parade welcoming newly released
   political  prisoners  to  the  Pearl  roundabout  in  Manama, Bahrain,
   February 23, 2011

Photo: AP

   Anti-government  protesters march in a parade welcoming newly released
   political  prisoners  to  the  Pearl  roundabout  in  Manama, Bahrain,
   February 23, 2011

   Thousands of anti-government protesters are on the streets in Bahrain,
   where  some  have  cheered  the  government's release of more than 300
   prisoners.
   Some  demonstrators  joined those who have camped out for several days
   in Manama's Pearl Square, the symbolic center of opposition protests.
   Meanwhile, Bahraini authorities have released 308 prisoners, including
   25  Shi'ite  activists  who had been on trial since October accused of
   plotting  against  the  Gulf state's minority Sunni rulers. King Hamad
   bin Isa al-Khalifa had pardoned the prisoners on Tuesday, in a gesture
   toward opposition activists.

   Bahrain protest video footage:

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