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Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain's leading Shiite opposition group on Monday warned of possible unrest surrounding the verdict in the case of 19 youths accused of a 2008 bomb attack that killed a policeman. "We don't want to see security deteriorate before or after the hearing, and we don't want to have new victims, opening the door for a security crisis that benefits no one," Sheikh Ali Salman, secretary general of the Al Wefaq Islamic Society said. Hamad Town, Bahrain - Several cars were damaged when an apparently homemade bomb exploded in a suburb of Hamad Town, south of the Bahraini capital Manama, early on Tuesday. The blast, in which no injuries were reported, was the latest in a series of violent incidences after more than 20 opposition figures and some 200 supporters were arrested on August 13. All those detained are Shiites, who have openly called for a boycott of next month elections and refuse to recognize the country's constitution that was adopted in 20...

3 MONTHS AFTER BOMBING Marriott reopens in Islamabad !! Three months later, an army of 2,000 laborers have restored the hotel to its former luster. A grand piano and glistening chandeliers grace the new lobby. The old one, which had a glass atrium, shattered in the attack. The facility located near Pakistan's parliament and other key government buildings -- is also now surrounded by a massive security wall. The hotel's new bombproof wall -- which is 14 feet (3.5-meter) high and 15 feet thick -- is capable of absorbing the shock of even a massive explosion like the one in September. "The Marriott's reconstruction has sent a strong signal that no terrorist can wipe out the vitality of the people of Pakistan, who want to live a normal life," defence analyst Talat Masood told AFP