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Ecclestone willing to meet Bahrain opposition

Bernie Ecclestone has assured protesters in Bahrain that he understands their grievances and is willing to meet opposition figures ahead of the most controversial Formula One race of the year this weekend. However, in comments that could antagonise rights campaigners and pro-democracy activists, the F1 commercial supremo also compared civil unrest in the Gulf island kingdom to threatened protests against Wednesday's funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in London. "I'm happy to talk to anybody about this, as I did before," he said in comments to British reporters published on Tuesday, mentioning that he had met members of the opposition group al-Wefaq last year in...
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