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| Bahrain police deploy teargas at anti-Kim Kardashian protest | Bahrain police deploy teargas at anti-Kim Kardashian protest |
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| Just hours after the reality TV star Kim Kardashian gushed about her impressions of Bahrain, riot police fired teargas to disperse more than 50 hardline Islamic protesters who were denouncing her presence in the Gulf kingdom. | Just hours after the reality TV star Kim Kardashian gushed about her impressions of Bahrain, riot police fired teargas to disperse more than 50 hardline Islamic protesters who were denouncing her presence in the Gulf kingdom. |
| The clashes took place just before Kardashian opened the Bahrain branch of her Millions of Milkshakes shop. | The clashes took place just before Kardashian opened the Bahrain branch of her Millions of Milkshakes shop. |
| An Associated Press journalist saw protesters chanting "God is Great" near the shopping complex in Riffa, about 20km (12 miles) south of the capital, Manama. The demonstrators were cleared before Kardashian appeared late Saturday. | An Associated Press journalist saw protesters chanting "God is Great" near the shopping complex in Riffa, about 20km (12 miles) south of the capital, Manama. The demonstrators were cleared before Kardashian appeared late Saturday. |
| Earlier, Kardashian posted glowing remarks about Bahrain on her Twitter account, calling it "the prettiest place on earth". The remark was re-Tweeted by Bahrain's foreign minister. | Earlier, Kardashian posted glowing remarks about Bahrain on her Twitter account, calling it "the prettiest place on earth". The remark was re-Tweeted by Bahrain's foreign minister. |
| Kardashian was in Kuwait earlier this week, to open another branch of the shop. | Kardashian was in Kuwait earlier this week, to open another branch of the shop. |
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