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MANANA, Bahrain (AP) Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Bahrain are streaming toward a site they seek to occupy for the one-year anniversary of their uprising in the Gulf kingdom. Riot police did not immediately intervene as crowds headed to an empty lot dubbed 'Freedom Square' in the village of Miqsha outside the capital Manama. Miqsha has been a site of ongoing clashes between Shiite-led protesters and police. Bahrain's Sunni monarchy permitted limited sit-ins ahead of the Feb. 14 anniversary. But Friday's march appears aimed at creating a new round-the-clock hub of the protest movement similar to Manana's Pearl Square, which was stormed by security forces last year, http://www.cheaptomsshoesoutletstore.us - toms outlet . Bahrain's majority Shiites want Sunni rulers to give up their near-monopoly on power. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Your comment will be posted immediately, http://www.cheaptomsshoesoutletstore.us - cheap toms , unless it is spam or contains profanity. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ. An insider's guide to politics and policy, available on the iPad or as a PDF download.[标签:标题]
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) A senior Russian diplomat signaled Friday that Moscow will again use its veto power at the United Nations to block any resolution aimed at ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad from power. Last weekend, Russia voted "no" at the U, http://www.cheaptomsshoesoutletstor.com - toms shoes sale .N. Security Council for a second time in four months to block a resolution urging Assad to step down over his crackdown on an 11-month-old uprising. The move came as Syrian forces intensified their crackdown, which has killed thousands of people and drawn strong international condemnation. Russia said it would block any U.N. resolution that could pave the way for a replay of what happened in Libya. In that case, Russia abstained from a vote, which cleared the way for months of NATO air force attacks that helped Libyans end Moammar Gadhafi's
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