Small protests broke out in Bahrain’s capital for a planned Day of Rage on Friday despite a ban under martial law imposed last week, but were crushed.
Bahrain arrested at least six opposition leaders on Thursday for communicating with foreign countries and inciting murder and destruction of property.
Bahraini troops and armoured vehicles on Saturday rolled out of a Manama square that had been a base for anti-government protesters.
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/ 19 February 2011
Bahrain’s king has offered a national dialogue "with all parties" in a conciliatory move to resolve a crisis that has killed six people.
Bahraini security forces shot at protesters near Pearl Square on Friday and wounded at least 23, a former Shi’ite lawmaker said.
Several thousand Shi’ites turned out in Bahrain on Friday to bury three of those killed in a crackdown ordered by the state’s Sunni ruling family.