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  • Deaths in Tunisia clashes

    Three people have been killed in clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Tunis, the interior ministry said after a second day of unrest in the Tunisian capital. "Three people died from the dozen who were wounded during clashes and were transferred to hospital for treatment," it said in a statement on Saturday. "Several.. More

  • UN slaps sanctions on Libyan regime

    The UN Security Council has unanimously imposed travel bans and asset freezes on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, members of his family and inner circle. Saturday's resolution adopted by the 15-nation council also called for the immediate referral of the deadly crackdown against anti-government demonstrators in Libya to the International Criminal Court.. More

  • Deaths in Iraq pro-reform rallies

    Thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets across the country to protest against corruption and a lack of basic services in an organized nationwide "day of rage", inspired by uprisings around the Arab world. In two northern Iraqi cities, security forces trying to push back crowds opened fire on Friday, killing six demonstrators. In Baghdad,.. More

  • Libyan militia shoot protesters

    Tens of thousands of protesters across Libya focused their attention on the capital on Friday afternoon, following the midday prayer. As demonstrators in Tripoli took to the street, security forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, reportedly began firing on them. At least six had been killed, according to the Associated Press news agency. There.. More

  • Friday protests grip Middle East

    Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh have held rival rallies in the capital, Sanaa. Protesters outside Sanaa University repeated slogans demanding that the country's longtime president step down, chanting: "The people demand the downfall of the regime." About 4 km away loyalists shouted support.. More

  • Yemen MPs resign over violence

    Seven members of Yemen's parliament have resigned from President Ali Abdullah Saleh's ruling party to protest against what they described as government violence against demonstrators, the parliamentarians have said. "The people must have the right to demonstrate peacefully," Abdulaziz Jubari, a leading parliamentarian who has resigned, told.. More

  • Algeria repeals emergency law

    Algeria's cabinet has adopted an order to lift a 19-year-old state of emergency in a concession designed to avoid the tide of uprisings sweeping the Arab world, but protesters said the measure did not go far enough. A draft law approved by the cabinet would repeal the emergency law as soon as it is published in the government's official journal, the.. More

  • Gaddafi loses more Libyan cities

    Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's long-standing ruler, has reportedly lost control of more cities as anti-government protests continue to sweep the African nation despite his threat of a brutal crackdown. Protesters in Misurata said on Wednesday they had wrested the western city from government control. In a statement on the internet, army officers stationed.. More

  • Students killed at Yemen rally

    Two students have been killed in Yemen after more than 1,000 anti-government protesters rallied near Sanaa University. Witnesses said supporters of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president, opened fire at the protesters late on Tuesday night. Tom Finns, the editor of Yemen Times, quoted a doctor as saying the two students died from bullet wounds and.. More

  • New Zealand quake death toll rises

    The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand's second biggest city, has risen to 75, up from the previous total of 65. The city's mayor Bob Parker said almost 300 people were listed as missing but cautioned that the number trapped in collapsed buildings was not known. However, 15 survivors who had been trapped in a six-storey.. More

  • Nations condemn Libyan crackdown

    International condemnation is growing in response to reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is using tanks, helicopters and fighter jets to quell the most serious challenge to his 42-year rule. More than 300 people are reported to have been killed in violence in the capital, Tripoli, and across the country as demonstrations entered their second.. More

  • Gaddafi's hold on Libya weakens

    Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has appeared on state television to signal his defiance in the face of a mounting revolt against his 41-year rule. "I am in Tripoli and not in Venezuela. Do not believe the channels belonging to stray dogs," Gaddafi told Libyan state TV, which said he was speaking outside his house on Tuesday. On Monday, William.. More

  • UN council to discuss Libya

    The UN Security Council will hold a closed-door meeting on Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Libya, diplomats said. They said the meeting, known as consultations, had been requested by Libyan deputy ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi and would start at 1400 GMT. Dabbashi and other diplomats at Libya's mission to the UN announced on Monday that they had sided.. More

  • Istanbul rally condemns Libya crackdown

    People in the largest Turkish city of Istanbul have condemned the Libyan government's bloody crackdown on the popular uprising in the North African country. Hundreds of demonstrators took to streets of Istanbul on Monday and marched to the nearby Libyan consulate in the northwestern city, chanting slogans against Libya's 42-year-long Leader Muammar.. More

  • Gaddafi warplanes bomb civilians

    Libyan warplanes were bombing indiscriminately across Tripoli on Monday, a resident of the Libyan capital told al Jazeera television in a live broadcast. "What we are witnessing today is unimaginable. Warplanes and helicopters are indiscriminately bombing one area after another. There are many, many dead," Adel Mohamed Saleh said. Saleh,.. More