Bahrain – sectarian strife continues to simmer;

Eurozone – a host of fresh doubts about a proposal to increase the EFSF’s effectiveness;

Greece – a political victory and a social blow;

Turkey – the CB is struggling to support the suddenly vulnerable lira

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