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Bahrain, Libya, Iran, Yemen, Algeria.

The unrest which started in Tunisia and spread to Egypt is contagious.

There's a new political party preaching peace in the Basque region, but some Spaniards are sceptical.

The country of 18,000 islands set to rise to the top of the World Economic League.

And in County Cork, a sheep stops play in the sport which brings traffic to a standstill.

In the early hours of this morning, police in Bahrain attacked a camp set up by

anti-government demonstrators in the capital Manama. The opposition says at least

four people were killed and many others were injured. There were also

clashes between police and anti-government demonstrators in two Libyan cities late last night.

Jeremy Bowen's been considering the wave of anti-government unrest that's been

sweeping through parts of North Africa and the Middle East. The tinted back

window of the shiny black Mercedes rolled down. The two men in the front were both wearing the plainclothes

uniform of a successful secret policeman. Leather jackets are all the better to

half-concealed weapons, sunglasses and walkie-talkies. They stared at me and they didn't look as if they

specialized in friendly chats. It happened outside the cabinet office building in the heart

of Cairo. President Mubarak had been gone for 36 hours.

Behind the rolled down window was an opaque black blind, with a snap it retracted.

The men in the front scowled. The BBC cameraman had somehow brushed the Mercedes

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