Bahrain 1st-Hand: Expelled Journalist on "A Nation Now in Fear" (Richter)

Pearl Roundabout Monument, 19 February 2011Frederik Richter, who had worked for Reuters in Manama since 2008, was thrown out of Bahrain by authorities earlier this month --- possibly because he reported a rift in the monarchy over how to handle the protests that began 14 February. 

He narrates his expulsion and reports on "a traumatized nation":

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Yemen, Syria (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Shooting in the Streets

Demonstration in Aleppo in Syria tonight:

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2000 GMT: A woman wails as she films the shooting of a protester in Taiz in Yemen today:

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