An 11-year-old boy accused of taking part in anti-government protests in Bahrain may remain at home but must be monitored by authorities, a court has ruled.

Riot police in Bahrain fired tear gas and stun grenades today as tens of thousands of protesters staged the biggest anti-government demonstrations in weeks in the divided Gulf nation.

A SECOND Turkish teenager died of bird flu yesterday as a virus that has killed 74 people in east Asia claimed its first lives far to the west, on the fringes of Europe and the Middle East.