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Bahrain toughens jail time for ‘offending’ king

AFP

Bahrain announced Tuesday tougher jail sentences for offending King Hamad, as the country prepares to mark the third anniversary of a Shiite-led uprising against the kingdom’s Sunni rulers. Separately, a court jailed 24 Shiites for violence and taking