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The unrest goes on in North Africa and the Middle East. Today the

simmering anger which has brought death to the streets of Bahrain. There's a

sense of betrayal among people in Ireland as they get ready to vote in a momentous

election. We hear that Sylvia Bellusconi is a unifying influence in Italy

despite serious criminal charges levelled against him.

And as divorce on a grand scale approaches in Sudan, a question, what's to be done about

the cows?

This morning the headlines are from Libya where scores of people are reported to have been

killed in clashes with the security forces and from Bahrain there the main Shiite

opposition group has rejected a call from the country's ruling royal family for dialogue to resolve a deepening political crisis.

Its spokesman said the army had to leave the streets before his group would accept the offer to talk.

Yesterday there were many injuries in more fighting between police and army units and protesters.

The violence developed as demonstrators demanded the fall of the Sunni dynasty, which is rule Bahrain for more than 200 years.

Bill Law, who was there recently, tells of a kingdom of sectarian tension and heavy-handed security.

They don't know their own people,

Senna says. They don't trust their own people.

And then she starts to cry.

It's a few hours after Bahraini security forces attacked thousands

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