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Key Shiite opposition leader to return to Bahrain

Sunday, 27 February 2011


BEIRUT, Feb 26: A prominent Shiite opposition leader is returning to Bahrain after months of voluntary exile in London. Hassan Mushaima's return could mark a new phase for the anti-government movement pressing for more political freedoms in the Gulf nation. He is head of a Shiite group known as Haq, which is considered more hard-line than the main Shiite political bloc that has so far led the protests. - AP