Bahrain: Powder Keg of the Gulf?
Reporters - The smallest kingdom in the Arab world is seeing protests against authorities go from strength to strength. The Shiite majority is demonstrating against the Sunni Al Khalifa dynasty, which has ruled Bahrain with an iron fist for two centuries. Shiites say they are victims of social and political discrimination

THE TIMES: Bahrain: Fate of first woman to die in crackdown: Thousands of mourners gathered in Bahrain yesterday to lay to rest the first woman to die during weeks of violence in the tiny Gulf kingdom. She was killed in an incident that her family insist is the subject of a cover-up. Bahia al-Aradi, 51, was shot dead last Wednesday at an army checkpoint… » | Hugh Tomlinson, Manama | Wednesday, March 23, 2011 [£]