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(19 May 2011)
1. Long shot of Bahrain delegation getting out of car, Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and British Prime Minister David Cameron shaking hands in front of door of 10 Downing Street, men entering house
STORYLINE:
British Prime Minister David Cameron raised concerns over the use of violence against protesters in Bahrain in talks on Thursday with the Gulf kingdom's crown prince, but faced sharp criticism for agreeing to host the ruler at his London residence.
Cameron met Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa at his home at London's Downing Street for discussions on the uprisings across the Middle East and north Africa, including a crackdown by Bahraini authorities in March on demonstrations there.
"The Prime Minister raised concerns about the situation in Bahrain and stressed the importance of the government moving to a policy of reform rather than repression, (and) that all sides should address their grievances through genuine and constructive dialogue," Cameron's office said in a statement.
Bahrain's Sunni ruling family has said it will lift emergency laws imposed during the crackdown - which give wide powers to the military - on June 1, and suggested it would open talks with Shiite-led protesters in the Gulf kingdom.
Al Khalifa's visit with Cameron - who posed for photographs shaking the leader's hand outside Downing Street - comes after he declined an invitation to Prince William's royal wedding on April 29, saying he did not want his nation's unrest to tarnish the celebration.
In talks, Cameron "emphasised his support for the crown prince's long-standing work to achieve political and economic progress in Bahrain, and said that Britain would back efforts to normalise the situation and return Bahrain to a credible long-term process of reform," the British leader's office said.

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