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Bahrain Army Tears Down Pearl Square Monument, Symbol of Protests

MANAMA, Bahrain - Bahrain on Friday tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region. The monument - six white curved beams topped with a huge cement pearl - was built in Pearl...

Bahrain Declares Three-Month State of Emergency Over Unrest

UPDATE: Bahrain's ruler has declared a three-month state of emergency over the unrest that has gripped the nation in recent weeks, according to state TV. MANAMA, Bahrain -- Bahrain's capital was in lockdown mode Tuesday with stores shuttered and main highways blocked by police after a Saudi-led military force entered the...

Bahrain Quieter Than Libya, but Protests Are Spreading

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Hundreds of anti-government protesters marched through the streets here today toward the capital city's financial center in an effort to expand their demonstration beyond Pearl Square and force the government to heed demands for political change. The uprising does not match the intensity of what's going...

Thousands Join Bahrain Protests; King to Free Some Political Prisoners

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Marchers chanting "the people want the downfall of the regime" flooded the major thoroughfare leading into Pearl Square today in the biggest protest Bahrain has seen since anti-government demonstrations began 10 days ago. Tens of thousands of men walked from the Bahrain mall into the capital's main...

Tens of Thousands Join Protests in Bahrain's Pearl Square

MANAMA, Bahrain -- A group of men cheered when a taxi drove over a poster of the royal family in the center of Pearl Square today, as protesters poured in by the tens of thousands. Gaining momentum after a week of clashes, the crowds are gearing up for Tuesday's mass demonstrations and the return of Hassan Mushaimaa, a...

Background on pearl square

Pearl Roundabout or Lulu Roundabout (Arabic: ', "Roundabout of the pearl(s)") was a roundabout located near the financial district of Manama, Bahrain.

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