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Public Prosecution Charges Suspects Accused of Smuggling Weapons with Collaborating with Foreign Country
2015-07-27
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Public Prosecution charged five suspects on Sunday (July 26, 2015) with collaborating with a foreign state, whom the Ministry of Interior claimed are involved in an attempt to smuggle weapons and explosive materials from Iran to Bahrain.
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Iran Accuses Bahrain of Stirring Up Tensions in the Gulf
2015-07-27
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Spokeswoman of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Marzieh Afkham, accused the Bahraini government on Sunday (July 26, 2015) of “stirring up tensions in the Gulf”.
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Iranian FM Denies Smuggling Explosives from Iran to Bahrain
2015-07-27
Bahrain Mirror: A number of Kuwaiti news sites reported that the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denied “accusations of smuggling explosives from Iran to Bahrain.”
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Farida Gholam: Ebrahim Sharif Transferred to Al-Qalaa Hospital Because of His Teeth
2015-07-27
Bahrain Mirror: Wife of detained prominent leader Ebrahim Sharif, Farida Gholam, said that “Sharif was admitted to Al-Qalaa Hospital because of his teeth, but the cold conditions he is suffering form for 24 hours is a different issue, for this complaint has been disregarded.”
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AFP: Iran Accuses Bahrain of Stoking Gulf Tensions
2015-07-27
AFP: Iran on Sunday accused Sunni-ruled Bahrain of stoking tensions in the Gulf by making unfounded allegations against it, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Reuters: With Nuclear Deal Done, Iran Sets Out to Reassure Wary Gulf Arabs
2015-07-27
Reuters: Iran's foreign minister called on Sunday for a united front among Middle Eastern nations to fight militancy, in his first regional trip since Iran reached an agreement with world powers on the country's nuclear program - an agreement that raised fears among its Gulf Arab neighbors.
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AFP: Bahrain Detains Pair Accused of Smuggling Arms From Iran
2015-07-27
AFP: Bahrain said it detained two men accused of trying to smuggle weapons from Iran, with which the small Gulf kingdom has strained relations.
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AFP: Bahrain Recalls its Iran Envoy Over 'Hostile Comments'
2015-07-27
AFP: Bahrain has decided to recall its ambassador to Tehran in protest at "hostile" comments by Iranian leaders, the official BNA news agency reported on Saturday.
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Reuters: Bahrain Says Disrupts Bid to Smuggle in Explosives, Arrests Two
2015-07-27
Reuters: Bahrain authorities have disrupted an attempt to smuggle high-grade explosives, automatic weapons and ammunition into the country by sea and have arrested two Bahraini suspects, the Interior Ministry said.
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Reuters: Bahrain Says Foils Arms Smuggling Bid, Recalls Iran Envoy
2015-07-27
Bahrain said on Saturday it had foiled an arms smuggling plot by two Bahrainis with ties to Iran and announced the recall of the Gulf island kingdom's ambassador to Tehran for consultations after what it said were repeated hostile Iranian statements.
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Open Hunger Strike in Dry Dock Prison Starts Saturday
2015-07-27
Human Rights activist and member of the European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights, Fatima Al-Halwachi, said that she received a call from her imprisoned father, Khalil Al-Halwachi, in which he stated that the political prisoners in Dry Dock Prison will start an open hunger strike on Saturday.
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Director of Scholarships in MoI: It's Normal That Top-Rank Students Don't Get Their First Choice
2015-07-27
The Director of Scholarships, Isa Abdulla Al-Kooheji said It's normal that not all the students who listed medicine as their first choice were granted scholarships, even if their grades were high.
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Court to Look into Case of Jaw Prison Riot Suspects on September 17
2015-07-27
A Bahraini High Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Abdulla Al-Ashraf, set September 17, 2015 as a date for the hearing to look into the cases of 57 accused over the riots that erupted on March 10 in Jaw Central Prison.
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Bahraini Interior Minister Launches Media Campaign against Iran…Warns of “Double Allegiance”
2015-07-25
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa launched a media campaign against Iran on Thursday (July 23, 2015) calling for “National Condemnation” of Tehran’s interference in the Kingdom’s internal affairs.
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Bahraini “Muslim Brotherhood” Describe Projects of Charity Organization Run By King’s Son As Normalization of Relation with Israel
2015-07-25
Some figures of the Muslim Brotherhood in Bahrain described the Al-Quds Library project implemented by the Royal Charity Organization headed by the King’s son Nasser bin Hamad as “normalization of the Zionist entity usurping the land of Palestine.”
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Sunni Endowments Chairman: Al-Saidi's Speech Wasn't an Agitation But Was Taken Out of Context
2015-07-25
The chairman of the Sunni Endowments Directorate said that one of the well-known preachers was banned from delivering speeches for two weeks in Ramadan (Sheikh Jassim Al-Saidi) over allegations that his speech was an agitation.
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Bahraini Government Fails to Implement Law Contradicting International Labor Conventions
2015-07-25
The Ministry of Labor failed to implement the legal violation approved by the cabinet, Shura council and parliament, regarding the distribution of labor representation seats in the board of directors of the Public Authority for Social Insurance.
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Pakistan Embassy in Manama: 20 Thousand Pakistanis Work in Bahrain’s Interior Ministry
2015-07-24
Bahrain Mirror: The community care advisor in Embassy of Pakistan in the Bahraini capital Manama, Maqsoud Lader Jah, revealed that 100 thousand Pakistanis live in Bahrain with about 20% of them working as security guards in the Bahraini Ministry of Interior.
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Pro-Regime Website "Bawabat Al-Bahrain" Announces Its Closure Due to Prosecution
2015-07-24
The “Bawabat Al-Bahrain” website announced its closure after 10 years of work due to a number of prosecutions, as it posted on its page on Saturday (July 18, 2015).
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Two Weeks after Embracing a Unified Prayer, A’ali Mosque attacked by Anonymous Group
2015-07-24
The member of the (dismissed) Ulama Council, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Mensi said that an anonymous group of persons attacked A’ali Grand (Al-Kabir) mosque on the second day of the Al-Fitr Eid by breaking in from one of its entrances and sabotaging its contents.