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Bahraini FM: We Harbor No Hatred towards Iran & Don’t Refuse Any Serious Dialogue
2015-11-12
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said that Gulf States harbor no hatred towards Iran, stressing that he does not refuse to hold any serious dialogue that would lead to breakthrough in relations.
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Con Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Taking 37,000 BD from Foreigner by Deceiving him into Thinking He’d Get a Bahraini Citizenship
2015-11-12
Bahrain Mirror: The First minor criminal court, presided over by Rashid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa and Mohammed Maki as secretariat, sentenced a con man, who took 37,000 BD from a foreigner, to 3 years in prison.
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Reuters: Bahraini Prosecutor Says Eight Men Jailed Up to 10 Years for Terrorism
2015-11-11
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A Bahraini prosecutor said on Tuesday that eight Bahraini men had been sentenced to between three and ten years in jail for terrorism, according to state news agency BNA.
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Jaffaria Endowments Administration Breaks Into Mosque in Jid Ali & Police Summons Mosque’s Imam
2015-11-11
Bahrain Mirror: Active Twitter and Facebook accounts circulated news stating that officials in Isa Town police station have summoned Sheikh Ali Salim, the Imam of the Al-Arbash Mosque, which the police broke into and changed the locks.
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Saudi Newspaper: Bahrain Leans Towards Severing Ties with Iran
2015-11-11
Bahrain Mirror: The Saudi “Al-Hayat” newspaper reported from what it described as well-informed sources their expectations that “the ties between Bahrain and Iran is leaning towards being severed.”
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Health Ministry’s Ambulances to be Reduced from 22 to 7
2015-11-11
Bahrain Mirror: he Al-Bilad newspaper owned by Ali bin Khalifa, the Prime Minister’s son, reported from Health Ministry sources that the number of ambulances at the Al-Salmaniya Medical Complex will be reduced to 7 to meet the needs of all Bahraini areas.
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Two Bahrainis Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison & Stripped of their Nationalities over Charges of Training with “Popular Mobilization Forces”
2015-11-11
Bahrain Mirror: A Bahraini court sentenced on Monday (November 9, 2015) two Bahraini citizens to 10 years in prison and revoked their citizenships. The court accused them of training with the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces.
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BCHR: 49 Arrests within Last Week of October
2015-11-11
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that the Bahraini authorities arrested 49 citizens within the last week of October 2015.
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AFP: Bahrain Jails 2 Shiites Over Iraq Explosives Training
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A Bahraini court revoked two Shiites' citizenship Monday and jailed them for 10 years each for training in Iraq to carry out bombings in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, a judicial source said.
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Security Campaign led by Bahrain’s MoI Continues After a Week…5 Arrests at Dawn
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain’s security forces continued their campaign against activists through widespread arbitrary arrests launched on Tuesday (November 3, 2015) morning leading to the arrest of dozens of citizens in different villages across Bahrain.
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Sitra Police Station Head Asks Obsequies Administrators Not to Speak Politics
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror: The head of Sitra Police Station affiliated to the Capital Governorate Police Directorate, Colonel Khalid Al-Khathla, said that the ministry of interior is communicating through the security centers in the regions with respect to reviving the Hussaini rituals in Muharram.
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Bahraini Court Acquits Policeman who Shot Protestor Dead
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A Bahraini court acquitted on Sunday (November 8, 2015) a policeman who deliberately fired arms against a protestor who was holding a photo for the opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, in protest on Salman’s arrest.
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Bahrain’s Coast Guard Commander Denies Entry of “Smuggled” Items from Iran Through Al-Hidd
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror: Coast Guard Commander, Brigadier Alaa Siyadi highlighted that the coast guard vessels monitor all Bahrain’s coastlines, including East of Al-Hidd.
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3 Year-Prison-Term Handed Down to Suspect Accused of Monitoring Policemen in Bani Jamra
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror: The third minor criminal court presided over by the judge Jaber Al-Jazzar and secretariat of Hussein Hamad, sentenced a youth accused of monitoring the activity of policemen in Bani Jamra to 3 years in prison. The court claims that the suspect was giving signs to the protestors to attack the policemen.
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3 Suspects Accused of Obtaining SIM Cards for “Fugitives” Sentenced to 3 & 7 Years in Prison
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror: The third high criminal court presided over by the judge Ebrahim Al-Zayed sentenced a Bahraini youth, 29 years, to 7 years in prison for using 45 SIM cards in manufacturing explosives and for being used by wanted suspects. Two other men, aged 29 and 28, were given three years in prison for helping the suspect use identities of Asians to obtain the SIM cards.
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Bahraini Interior Ministry: Explosion Targets Security Patrol leaving No Injuries
2015-11-07
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior announced that a bomb blast targeted a security patrol, leaving no injuries.
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UNICEF: Cholera Spreads from Iraq to Syria, Bahrain & Kuwait
2015-11-07
Bahrain Mirror: A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to Syria, Kuwait and Bahrain, and could turn into a region-wide epidemic as millions of pilgrims prepare to visit the country, according to UNICEF's Iraq director.
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Thousands of Bahrainis Denounce Widespread Campaign that led to Dozens of Arrests
2015-11-07
Bahrain Mirror: Thousands of Bahraini took to the streets to denounce the ongoing detention of the Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman and the arrests of dozens of citizens in a widespread campaign launched by regime forces across the country.
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State Audit Bureau: NIHR Cut about 42,000 BD from Employees Salaries & Used them for Operating Expenses
2015-11-07
Bahrain Mirror: A report issued by the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau disclosed that the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) has cut 41,844 BD from its employees’ salaries without transferring them to the Public Authority for Social Insurance and instead used the money to finance the operating expenses of the year.
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Foreign Ministry: Foreign Participation Expenses Increased by 400,000 BD & Rent Expenses by 735,000 BD
2015-11-07
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the increase in salaries of local employees in the Kingdom embassies reached about 1.4 million BD, which is about a 30% rise during the period between 2010 and 2014.