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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Slideshow Video Full Focus Photos of the week Our top photos from the past week. Full Article Follow Reuters Bahrain's main opposition groups ease demands Tweet Share this By Lin Noueihed and Erika Solomon MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's main opposition groups have eased their conditions for talks to end a crisis that has drawn in neighboring Gulf armies and raised tensions in the oil exporting region. The groups led by... Email Print Related News Slain protester embodied woes of Bahrain's Shi'ites 3:36am EDT Analysis & Opinion Crude markets are being bullied by black swans Sometimes there is no bright side Related Topics World » United Nations » Bahrain » Related Video Bahrain bans demonstrations Fri, Mar 18 2011 Bahrain clears protest camp 1 / 19 A soldier from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) forces flashes the victory sign as he guards the entrance to the Pearl Square in Manama March 19, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Hamad I Mohammed By Lin Noueihed and Erika Solomon MANAMA | Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:36am EDT MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's main opposition groups have eased their conditions for talks to end a crisis that has drawn in neighboring Gulf armies and raised tensions in the oil exporting region. The groups led by Bahrain's largest Shi'ite Muslim opposition party, Wefaq, in a statement late on Saturday called on security forces to free all those detained, end their crackdown and ask Gulf Arab troops to leave so talks could begin. "Prepare a healthy atmosphere for the start of political dialogue between the opposition and the government on a basis that can put our country on the track to real democracy and away from the abyss," it said. The group retreated from much more ambitious conditions for talks it set last week, including the creation of a new government not dominated by royals and the establishment of a special elected council to redraft Bahrain's constitution. The new conditions, which also include ending sectarian rhetoric and removing forces who have surrounded a major hospital in recent days, would bring the political process back to the position it was in before the uprising began a month ago. Bahraini police and troops moved on Wednesday to end weeks of protests by mainly Shi'ite demonstrators that prompted the king to declare martial law and drew in troops from Bahrain's fellow Sunni-ruled neighbors. The ferocity of the crackdown, in which troops and police fanned out across Bahrain, imposed a curfew and banned all public gatherings and marches, has stunned Bahrain's majority Shi'ites and angered the region's non-Arab Shi'ite power, Iran. More than 60 percent of Bahrainis are Shi'ites. Most are campaigning for a constitutional monarchy, but calls by hardliners for the overthrow of the monarchy have alarmed Sunnis, who fear the unrest serves Iran, separated from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain by only a short stretch of Gulf waters. Shi'ite Muslim power Iran, which supports Shi'ite groups in Iraq and Lebanon, complained to the United Nations and asked other neighbors to join it in urging Saudi Arabia to withdraw. BACK TO WORK Sunday was the first working day after a week that saw closures of schools and universities to prevent outbreaks of sectarian clashes that had become virtually a daily event. In an effort to bring life back to normal, Bahrain's military rulers cut back by four hours on Saturday a 12 hour curfew that had been imposed on large areas of Manama. The curfew now runs from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. from the Seef Mall area in Manama, through the Pearl roundabout and the financial district to the diplomatic area. Bahrain urged employees working in the public sector and both public and private sector schools and universities to return to work after days of closures and shortened hours. 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