| Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a scalding critique of Arab leaders here on Thursday, saying their countries risked "sinking into the sand" of unrest and extremism unless they liberalized their political systems and cleaned up their economies. Mrs. Clinton's audience listened silently, though the foreign minister of Bahrain, Sheik Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, calmly defended his country's record. Bahrain is much more open than a decade ago, he said, with major growth in advocacy groups and labor unions. |
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