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Battle for Bahrain

Conflict

Bahrain’s labor unions split over uprising

GlobalPost

December 13, 2012

A new union association set up to support the government is dividing Bahrain's labor movement.

Conflict

Bahrain’s monarchy stokes divisions between Sunni and Shiite

GlobalPost

December 13, 2012

When the uprising in Bahrain began, both Sunni and Shiites took to the streets together. Now they barely talk. And it has nothing to do with religion.

Conflict

In Bahrain, still protesting

GlobalPost

December 13, 2012

Little change in Bahrain despite two years of protests and strikes that have left at least 70 people dead.

Conflict

Bahrain’s changing opposition

GlobalPost

December 12, 2012

Frustrated by a lack of progress, a younger, more militant faction of Bahrain’s reform movement is threatening the moderates.

Agence France-Presse

UN sends team to Bahrain amid rights concerns

GlobalPost

November 24, 2012

Visit comes as Bahrain's reform pledge hits one-year mark.

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