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Bahrain protesters boost pressure with huge rally

Biggest in months in a revolution that has stalled

By Reem Khalifa

 |  Associated Press  

  March 10, 2012

Tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters flooded a major highway in Bahrain on Friday in one of the largest opposition rallies in months against the Gulf nation’s rulers. Security forces fired tear gas at smaller groups attempting to reach a heavily guarded square that was the hub of the uprising.

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