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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/protester-killed-in-oman-unrest.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Sultan of Oman, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, is wary of the tensions spreading across the Gulf states" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-protester-killed-in-oman-unrest.jpg" alt="The Sultan of Oman, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, is wary of the tensions spreading across the Gulf states"/></a></p>
<p>Omani security forces have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters demanding political reforms, killing at least one person in the strategic Gulf country, police officials said.</p>
<p>The clashes mark a significant escalation in two days of protests in Oman, and show that the unrest roiling the Arab world has spread to a second Gulf nation. Bahrain has been engulfed by anti-government protests for weeks.</p>
<p>Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in the town of Sohar, about 120 miles north-west of the capital of Muscat. Witnesses said police tried to disperse the demonstrators, firing tear gas and rubber bullets.</p>
<p>At least one person was killed in the clashes, a local police official said.</p>
<p>Omani ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said, wary of the unrest rippling across the region, replaced six Cabinet members on Saturday in a bid to defuse tensions in the country.</p>
<p>But the violence indicated that the government shake-up failed to quell the unrest in the country where the sultan retains tight control.</p>
<p>Oman shares authority with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. About 40% of the world&#8217;s oil tanker traffic passes through the waterway at the mouth of the Gulf.</p>
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