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BAHRAIN declared a three-month state of emergency yesterday giving its military chief wide powers to battle the Shiite-led protest movement that has threatened the Sunni monarchy.
The martial law-style order from king Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa was read out on state TV the day after more than 1,000 Saudi-led troops arrived to help prop up the regime in the first major cross- border military action to challenge one of the revolts sweeping across the Arab world.See the full content of this document
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