Pro-government Sunnis dominate Bahrain vote

Pro-government Sunni candidates including Islamists won the most seats in parliamentary elections boycotted by Bahrain's main Shia opposition group, officials said on Sunday. The vote was the first in the tiny Gulf state - a key US ally - since Sunni authorities crushed pro-democracy protests led by Bahrain's majority Shias in 2011.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that despite the boycott, "the elections provided an important opportunity to address the legitimate aspirations of all Bahrainis".