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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ministers-ousted-as-exile-returns.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Hassan Mushaima, a Bahraini Shiite opposition leader, has returned from exile (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-ministers-ousted-as-exile-returns.jpg" alt="Hassan Mushaima, a Bahraini Shiite opposition leader, has returned from exile (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Bahrain&#8217;s king ousted four Cabinet members as a prominent opposition leader returned from exile and urged the country&#8217;s rulers to back up reform promises with action.</p>
<p>Thousands of demonstrators pressed their demands for change by marching on government buildings in the capital, Manama.</p>
<p>Two members of the royal family were among the replaced Cabinet members, a possible nod to protesters&#8217; complaints that the ruling house of Al Khalifa holds too much control over state levers of power.</p>
<p>Bahrain&#8217;s prime minister &#8211; the king&#8217;s uncle, whose more than four decades in power has made him a focus of protesters&#8217; calls for reform &#8211; remains in his post.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the return from self-imposed exile of Hassan Mushaima, a senior Shiite figure, could mark a new phase for an anti-government movement in the tiny Persian Gulf nation that is a strategically important American ally.</p>
<p>He heads a Shiite group known as Haq, which is considered more hardline than the main Shiite political bloc that has helped drive two weeks of protests.</p>
<p>His speaking appearance hours later, preceded by bursts of fireworks, electrified an already enthusiastic crowd packed into Pearl Square, the centre of demonstrations.</p>
<p>Mr Mushaima, who had been among a group of Shiite activists previously accused of plotting to overthrow Bahrain&#8217;s rulers, called on the government to be more responsive to protesters&#8217; demands for far-reaching political reforms.</p>
<p>&#8220;Dialogue&#8230; is not enough. Promising is not enough. We have to see something on the ground,&#8221; he told reporters.</p>
<p>Asked if he hoped to lead the protest movement, he said: &#8220;I&#8217;m always saying to the people &#8216;I&#8217;m your servant&#8217;.&#8221;</p>
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