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Security clampdown ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix

Dubai:  Activists called for a new attempt to march on the Bahraini capital's former Pearl Square protest hub on Saturday amid tight security for the F1 Grand Prix and after an overnight attack on police injured two people.Hundreds took to the streets in several Shiite villages, prompting late-night clashes with police, but away from the Sakhir racing circuit south of Manama where Sunday's Grand Prix race will be staged, witnesses said."Your race is a crime," chanted protesters armed with petrol bombs and stones. "No, no to blood Formula."Police responded with tear gas and stun grenades.In a statement on Twitter, the interior ministry announced late on Friday that...
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