20.02.2011                     16.Adar l, 5771

Bahrain:

Bahrain government says dialogue started with opposition

Anti-government protesters swarmed into a symbolic square in their thousands, putting riot police to flight in a striking victory for their cause.

Bahrain's government said on Saturday that it had opened a dialogue with opposition groups demanding reform as protests continued to spread throughout the Gulf Arab island.
"A Bahrain process of dialogue has begun between the crown prince and political groups," the information affairs authority said in a message on Twitter. It gave no further details of the contacts….