Bahrain Mirror: Frank Gardner, the BBC security correspondent, stated that in early 2011 Bahrain looked poised to become the first Gulf state to experience dramatic regime change at the hands of the so-called �Arab Spring�. But today, this tiny island is rarely in the news.

Bahrain Mirror: King Hamad received members of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and representatives of the Islamic endowments and the General Authority for Hussainya Processions, stressing that Bahrain will always remain the country of co-existence, tolerance, solidarity and security for its closely-knit people.

Reuters: A legal battle between an activist group and Britain over a decades-old diplomatic cable on Bahrain has exposed a thorny link between the UK's colonial past and its new military ambitions in a region it once dominated.

Bahrain Mirror: Naji al-Arabi, the orator in Ajlan Mosque in Arad, thanked the Bahraini and Saudi kings for not attending, in person, Camp David summit and lowering the level of official representation.

Bahrain Mirror: The US Democratic Party Member Mahdi Afifi has stated that the King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa didn�t attend the Camp David Summit upon the request of the United States, in a series of comments he made during an interview with Russia Today, posted on their website.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Press Office Director, Jeff Rathke, during the State Department�s Daily Press Briefing: �The important thing in this meeting with GCC leaders has been that the right people are in the discussions to carry out these kinds of important security and regional cooperation concerns.�

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa has skipped a Gulf Arab summit with U.S. President Barack Obama, but is expected to join Britain's Queen Elizabeth at a horse show near London, a show representative said.

Manama- BNA: The Public Prosecutor Dr. Ali bin Fadhl Al-Bouainain announced that His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will issue a Royal Decree pardoning a number of inmates for humanitarian reasons.

The king of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, presents himself as a defender of national unity in the gulf kingdom; four years after the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry issued a report, which accused the regime of targeting and discriminating against the Shia, whether in the workplace, streets or inside prison