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10 Bahrain Shi'ite leaders sentenced to life

MANAMA: Bahrain sentenced 10 Shi'ite prominent activists to life in prison on Wednesday for plotting a coup during protests that rocked the Sunni-ruled Gulf island kingdom earlier this year.The...

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June 22, 2011

10 Bahrain Shi'ite leaders sentenced to life
MANAMA: Bahrain sentenced 10 Shi'ite prominent activists to life in prison on Wednesday for plotting a coup during protests that rocked the Sunni-ruled Gulf island kingdom earlier this year.

The court also sentenced other defendants among 21 suspects on trial to between two and five years in jail.

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