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Ecclestone dismisses Bahrain protesters threat

Bernie Ecclestone has toned down his rhetoric ahead of the weekend's highly controversial Bahrain grand prix. Earlier, amid reports of explosions near the formula one circuit linked directly to anti-government protests against the race, the F1 chief executive simply issued a blank denial. "What's happened? They're demonstrating now? I didn't know that," he told AP news agency. "There's nobody demonstrating." However, even the government confirmed Sunday's attack by a "terrorist group", while the group itself admitted it blew up the car "in opposition to holding the formula one race". And bringing the situation into stark focus are the events in the...
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