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Bahrain Grand Prix protests and violence

Apr 20, 2012
  • SAKHIR, BAHRAIN - APRIL 20: Red carpet is seen outside race control during practice for the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit on April 20, 2012 in Sakhir, Bahrain. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
    • SAKHIR, BAHRAIN - APRIL 20: Red carpet is seen outside race control during practice for the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit on April 20, 2012 in Sakhir, Bahrain. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
    • SAKHIR, BAHRAIN - APRIL 20: F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and His Royal Highness Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa Crown Prince talk to the worlds media in the paddock following practice for the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit on April 20, 2012 in Sakhir, Bahrain. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)
    • SAKHIR, BAHRAIN - APRIL 20: F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and His Royal Highness Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa Crown Prince talk to the worlds media in the paddock following practice for the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit on April 20, 2012 in Sakhir, Bahrain. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
    • McLaren Mercedes driver Jenson Button of Britain steers his car during the second free practice ahead the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Formula One Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Friday, April 20, 2012. Authorities in Bahrain have stepped up security around the Formula One circuit at the start of the controversial Grand Prix racing weekend. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
    • SAKHIR, BAHRAIN - APRIL 20: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and McLaren drives during practice for the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit on April 20, 2012 in Sakhir, Bahrain. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
    • A policeman patrols in the paddock during the first free practice ahead the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Formula One Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Friday, April 20, 2012. Authorities in Bahrain have stepped up security around the Formula One circuit at the start of the controversial Grand Prix racing weekend. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
    • Security guards check vehicles at a checkpoint outside the Formula One Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Friday, April 20, 2012. Bahrain organizers hope to host the race this weekend despite protests and political unrest in the area. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
    • A riot police officer walks past an advertising board promoting Sunday's Formula One Grand Prix in Manama, Bahrain, Thursday, April 19, 2012. Nervous shop owners closed their doors and security forces fanned out across Bahrain's capital Thursday in attempts to quell widening unrest that threatened to overshadow the return of the Formula One Grand Prix to the Gulf kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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