A Bahraini anti-government protester poses for a photograph flashing the victory sign in front of burning tires on a road in the village of Dumistan, Bahrain, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. The country's highest court has upheld jail sentences against 20 opposition figures convicted of plotting to overthrow the Western-allied government, including eight prominent activists facing life in prison. The ruling is almost certain to bring strong criticism from rights groups and touch off more street protests in the violence-wracked Gulf kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
A Bahraini anti-government protester poses for a photograph flashing the victory sign in front of burning tires on a road in the village of Dumistan, Bahrain, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. The country's highest court has upheld jail sentences against 20 opposition figures convicted of plotting to overthrow the Western-allied government, including eight prominent activists facing life in prison. The ruling is almost certain to bring strong criticism from rights groups and touch off more street protests in the violence-wracked Gulf kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Matt Hendricks (right) called landing on an aircraft carrier in Bahrain one of his favorite parts of the USO Tour he went on. (Photo courtesy Matt Hendricks)
Sheik Ali Salman, head of the Shiite opposition Al Wefaq society, speaks to The Associated Press at his office in Manama, Bahrain, on Nov. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)
Sheik Ali Salman, head of the Shiite opposition Al Wefaq society, speaks to The Associated Press at his office in Manama, Bahrain, on Nov. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)
Bahraini policemen search for evidence Nov. 5, 2012, at the scene of an explosion that killed an Asian man in Manama, Bahrain. (Associated Press)
Bahraini policemen search for evidence Nov. 5, 2012, at the scene of an explosion that killed an Asian man in Manama, Bahrain. (Associated Press)
Bahraini police officers search for evidence at the scene of an explosion that killed an Asian man in Manama, Bahrain, on Monday. A series of bomb blasts in Bahrain’s capital killed at least two people on Monday, authorities said. (Associated Press)
Bahraini police officers search for evidence at the scene of an explosion that killed an Asian man in Manama, Bahrain, on Monday. A series of bomb blasts in Bahrain’s capital killed at least two people on Monday, authorities said. (Associated Press)
