BAHRAIN'S king imposed a three-month state of emergency yesterday and gave the country's military chief wide authority to battle a pro-democracy uprising that has threatened the ruling monarchy and drawn in forces from around the Gulf. The martial law-style order – read on Bahrain state TV – comes a day after more than 1,000 Saudi-led troops arrived to help prop up the US-backed regime in the first major cross-border action against the revolts that have erupted across the Arab world. A security official in Saudi Arabia said a Saudi sergeant was shot and killed by a protester yesterday in Bahrain’s capital, Manama. No other details were immediately given on the death of the soldier,…
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