Bahrain's king orders end to emergency rule

Source: Aljazeera

State media in Bahrain says the king has ordered an end to the emergency rule imposed in mid-March to quell a wave of anti-government protests in the Gulf Arab country.

Bahrain state TV said the state of emergency will end on June 1 in line with a royal decree issued on Sunday.

The announcement came as 21 opposition leaders and political activists were charged with attempting to overthrow the Sunni monarchy in a special security court set up by the emergency rule.

At least 30 people have been killed since Bahrain's Shia majority, demanding greater freedoms and rights, took their grievances to the streets in February.


At least 30 people have been killed since anti-government protests by Bahrain's Shia majority began in February

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/05/2011581342480276.html

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I wonder if state TV realizes the irony of arresting people for attempting to oust a monarchy (or a dictatorship, for that matter) in modern times. The days when unpopular dictators and kings are just accepted as "the way things are in that part of the world" are hopefully getting behind us.

Some protesters are more equal than others.

I love the smell of fresh crude oil in the morning, it smells like addiction.

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