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Steve Inskeep talks with Marc Lynch, an associate professor at George Washington University and contributor to ForeignPolicy.com, about the sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Bahrain.

Witnesses said the assault on a makeshift opposition camp in the capital came early Thursday with little warning. Anti-riot police used tear gas and clubs as they stormed Pearl Square.

At least two people are dead as riot police in the Bahraini capital, Manama, used tear and clubs early Thursday to try to regain control of a main square occupied by anti-government protesters. Meanwhile, unrest continued to spread across the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Police reportedly fired tear gas and water cannons at hundreds of anti-government protesters in Libya's second-largest city on Wednesday as unrest continued to spread across the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Following the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, protests have ignited across the Arab world. But while regimes may have reason to be nervous, it's still not certain that more leaders will fall.

Bahrain's security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets Monday at thousands of anti-government protesters heeding calls to unite in a major rally and bring the Arab reform wave to the Gulf for the first time.

The military leaders controlling Egypt after President Hosni Mubarak's ouster have pledged to turn over power in a matter of months. As they work with civilians toward transition to a democratically elected government, trust is key; the army has vested interests and has shown no fondness for democracy in the past.

A bio-pic about Harvey Milk proves timely, teenage vampires rule the box office, another Bond movie is in theaters and Danny Boyle tells the story of a plucky quiz-show contestant from India. Oh, and

A bio-pic about Harvey Milk proves timely, teenage vampires rule the box office, another Bond movie is in theaters and Danny Boyle tells the story of a plucky quiz-show contestant from India. Oh, and

Robert Siegel talks with Matthew Parris, columnist for the Times of London and former conservative member of Parliament, about the woes of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.