Posts Tagged ‘bahrain’
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Security is tightened at Bahrain’s Formula 1 track with practice runs set to begin against a background of ongoing protests.

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Security stepped up at Bahrain F1
Tags: bahrain, formula, practice-runs, protest, protests, sec, Security, tightened-at-bahrain
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Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Force India team members flee as petrol bombs are hurled over their vehicle on their way back from the Bahrain Grand Prix track.

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Force India flee Bahrain protest
Tags: bahrain, bomb, bombs, flee, flee-as-petrol, force-india, from-the-bahrain, india, petrol-bombs, their-way, vehicle
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Bahraini security forces fire stun grenades at protesters gathered outside a cultural exhibition in Manama for Sunday’s Formula 1 Grand Prix.

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Clashes near Bahrain F1 exhibit
Tags: ama, bahrain, cultural-exhibition, fire, forces, formula, protest, protesters, protesters-gathered, red, sec, sunday
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Monday, April 16th, 2012
Human rights are still being violated in Bahrain despite promises of reform, according to the campaign group Amnesty International.

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Human rights ‘crisis’ in Bahrain
Tags: amnesty, bahrain, campaign, despite-promises, human-rights, international, reform, still-being, the-campaign
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Friday, April 13th, 2012
Frank Gardner on the arguments for and against Bahrain GP

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Grand Prix decision masks Bahrain unrest
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Friday, April 13th, 2012
The people in charge of Formula 1 say the Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead as planned next week, despite concerns over staging the race whilst there is continuing political unrest.

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VIDEO: Looting in Bahrain amid F1 disquiet
Tags: aging, ahead-as-planned, bahrain, continuing-political, formula, race, the-race
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Friday, April 13th, 2012
The Bahrain Grand Prix is to go ahead on 22 April as planned, the motorsport’s governing body the FIA says.

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Bahrain will go ahead, says FIA
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Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Red Bull’s Mark Webber expresses some misgivings about the prospect of racing in Bahrain.

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Webber expresses Bahrain concerns
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Thursday, April 12th, 2012
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone will meet the sport’s 12 teams on Friday to discuss the Bahrain GP, BBC Sport has learned.

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Ecclestone set for Bahrain talks
Tags: bahrain, bbc, bernie, bernie-ecclestone, discuss-the-bahrain, friday, meet-the-sport, nie, sport, teams-on-friday, tone, will-meet
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
Bernie Ecclestone says F1 teams have not expressed concerns to him about the Bahrain GP, but he casts doubts over the race’s future.

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Teams ‘not worried’ by Bahrain GP
Tags: bahrain, bernie, bernie-ecclestone, doubts, ecclestone, nie, race, tone
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
Bahrain’s attorney general denies rumours that Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who is on hunger strike in prison, is dead, saying he is in “good health”.

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Bahrain hunger striker ‘well’
Tags: abdulhadi, attorney, attorney-general, bahrain, dead, denies-rumours, Health, hunger, hunger-strike, nie
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
Seven policemen have been injured in a “terrorist attack” in the Bahraini village of Akr, the country’s public security chief tells state media.

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Police injured in Bahrain attack
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Sunday, April 8th, 2012
The top legal body in Bahrain rejects a Danish request to transfer political prisoner Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, said to be close to death on hunger strike.

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Bahrain rejects prisoner transfer
Tags: abdulhadi, Aid, bahrain, danish, dea, death, death-on-hunger, hunger, hunger-strike, legal, prison, prisoner, top-legal, transfer-political
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Saturday, April 7th, 2012
Bahrain is considering a request from Denmark to transfer political prisoner Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, on hunger strike for almost two months.

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Danish bid to help Bahrain inmate
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Friday, April 6th, 2012
A leading human rights activist in Bahrain is transferred to hospital from prison after nearly two months on hunger strike.

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Bahrain hunger-striker in clinic
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