Bahrain blasts hoax.Byline: Arab News MANAMA Manama Arabic Al-Manamah City (pop., 2001: 143,035), capital of Bahrain. Situated at the northeastern tip of Bahrain island, it is Bahrain's largest city, with about one-fifth of the emirate's population. : The Interior Ministry has denied reports on a website with the Reuters Reuters British cooperative news agency. Founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, it was initially concerned with commercial news but began to serve a growing newspaper clientele after the London Morning Advertiser subscribed in 1858. logo that a powerful explosion hit the capital killing at least 12 people. The Director of Police Media labeled the report as baseless. "When we contacted Reuters regional headquarters in Dubai Dubai (d  bī`), sheikhdom (1995 pop. 674,101), c.1,500 sq mi (3,890 sq km), part of the federation of seven United Arab Emirates, SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf. , we
learned that the report was not published by the organization. The
source of the story is unknown and no such incident occurred in Manama
or any other part of Bahrain," the official said.
The report stated that 40 people were wounded in a bomb blast in Manama. It further said that police had detonated a dirty bomb by using electric cables. The website also quoted an alleged eyewitness An individual who was present during an event and is called by a party in a lawsuit to testify as to what he or she observed. The state and Federal Rules of Evidence, which govern the admissibility of evidence in civil actions and criminal proceedings, impose requirements who said: "It was awful. So many people were running." Copyright: Arab News 2009 All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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