Eleven weeks after it called in foreign troops to crush an anti-government uprising, Bahrain announced Tuesday that it is ending the country’s state of emergency and inviting opponents to join wide-ranging talks on political reform. The announcement by Bahrain’s royal palace came amid reports of a pullback of troops and tanks from some parts of the capital, Manama, which has remained under military control since the start of the crackdown March 15. “We are seeking to fairly balance out the need to maintain law and order with the desire for freedoms,” Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa said in a statement released by Bahrain’s official news service. Read full article >>
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Joby Warrick, Washington Post
Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:01pm
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