For weeks, Bahrain’s Shi’ite-dominated opposition movement felt it had been suffering in a bubble.
Can Obama’s Middle East Speech Aid Reform in Bahrain?
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Analysis: Empty seats, silence speaks for protesters
In his inauguration speech at the Iranian parliament, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had something to say for almost everyone — his supporters, his opponents and those he called "enemies" without naming names. He hailed what he called an “epic election” but didn’t go into the turmoil of the past two months that ensued.