41.   But in the past three months the authorities have engaged in dialogue with Shiite leaders.

42.   Earlier a motorcyclist gunned another Shiite leader, Sayed Mansar Jaffri, in Burewala.

43.   Farooqi and Tariq were being held for the murders of several Shiite leaders in recent sectarian violence.

44.   Emir Sheikh Issa ibn Salman al-Khalifa and Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa ibn Salman al-Khalifa held talks with Shiite leaders.

45.   Farooqi and his deputy Azam Tariq were to appear in the court to answer charges of involvement in the murders of several Shiite leaders.

46.   The sheikh was released Sunday and deported to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates along with other Shiite leaders Sheikhs Hamza Diri and Haidar Sitri.

47.   The Shiite leader may ask for political ayslum in Britain where several Bahraini opposition movements are already based, opposition sources told AFP.

48.   The Shiite leaders replied that it would be hard to restore calm without a positive sign from the Sunni-led government.

49.   The Shiite leader who was critically wounded was rushed to hospital where he died later.

50.   The two SSP leaders were brought to the court from jail in connection with a case pending against them concerning the murders of rival Shiite party leaders.