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  • Tear gas used on Iran protesters

    Clashes between pro-reformists and security forces in Tehran have left several people injured, with one person reported killed. Thousands of anti-government protesters marched on Monday on Enghelab and Azadi streets [which connect and create a straight path through the city centre], with a heavy presence in Enghelab Square and Vali-Asr Street. Quoting.. More

  • Egypt promises quick constitutional referendum

    Faced with growing frustration over the declaration of martial law and the lack of clarity on their long-term strategy for reforms, the Egyptian junta has told opposition leaders that they would be holding a plebiscite on constitutional amendments in about two months. The reform of the constitution would fulfill one of the major demands of the protesters,.. More

  • Army urges Egyptians to end strikes

    Egypt's military council has renewed a call to workers to end a wave of strikes and play their role in reviving the economy after nearly three weeks of mass protests that led to the ousting of president Hosni Mubarak. In "Communiqué No 5", read out on state television on Monday, a spokesman for the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.. More

  • Thousands rally across Yemen

    Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Yemen for the fourth straight day, demanding political reforms and the downfall of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's long-serving president. The 3,000-strong throng of demonstrators in the capital, Sanaa, comprising students, human rights activists and lawyers clad in black robes, clashed with.. More

  • Palestinian cabinet resigns

    The cabinet of the Palestinian Authority (PA) has resigned and Salam Fayyad, the prime minister, will select new ministers at the request of President Mahmoud Abbas, officials have said. The resignations on Monday came amid calls for reform in the Arab world, triggered by the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, after a popular revolt. The.. More

  • Yemen protesters clash with police

    Yemeni police have clashed with anti-government protesters for a third day in a row, as they demanded political reform and the resignation of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president. Several thousand protesters, many of them university students, tried to reach the central square in the capital Sanaa on Sunday, but were pushed back by police using clubs. Witnesses.. More

  • Egypt's army dissolves parliament

    Egypt's military has dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution, two days after Hosni Mubarak, the long-serving president, stepped down in the wake of a popular uprising. The country's Supreme Council of Armed Forces announced on Sunday that it would remain in charge of the country for six months until a new government is formed. The military.. More

  • Thousands rally in Yemen's capital

    Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the Yemeni capital, calling on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. Clashes broke out in Sanaa between groups supporting and opposing the government after men armed with knives and sticks forced around 300 anti-government protesters to end a rally,the Reuters news agency quoted witnesses as.. More

  • Algeria protesters push for change

    Algerian security forces and pro-democracy protesters have clashed in the capital, Algiers, amid demonstrations inspired by the revolution in Egypt. Heavily outnumbered by riot police, at least 2,000 protesters were able to overcome a security cordon enforced around the city's May First Square on Saturday, joining other demonstrators calling for reform. Ear.. More

  • Egypt's army vows smooth transition

    Egypt's new military rulers have pledged to enact a smooth transition to civilian rule, amid celebrations marking the country's first day in almost 30 years without Hosni Mubarak as president. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces vowed on Saturday to hand power to an elected, civilian government in a statement that came a day after Mubarak was swept.. More

  • Hosni Mubarak resigns as president

    Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has resigned from his post, handing over power to the armed forces. Omar Suleiman, the vice-president, announced in a televised address on Friday that the president was "waiving" his office, and had handed over authority to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Suleiman's short statement was received.. More

  • Egyptians hold massive protests

    Pro-democracy protesters in Egypt are calling for "millions" to take to the streets across the country in what could become the largest protests so far, a day after President Hosni Mubarak repeated his refusal to step down. Massive crowds gathered in Tahrir Square ahead on Friday, chanting "the army and the people are one, hand in hand". .. More

  • Several killed in Pakistan blast

    At least 20 soldiers have been killed and some 22 others wounded after a bomb blast took place inside an army recruitment centre in northwest Pakistan. "The bomb blast took place inside a military area, we have reports that several soldiers have been killed in the blast. There was an army parade at the time of the blast," Abdullah Khan, a.. More

  • Workers boost Egypt protests

    Egyptian labor unions have gone on a nationwide strike, adding momentum to pro-democracy demonstrations in Cairo and other cities. Al Jazeera correspondents, reporting from Egypt, said around 20,000 factory workers stayed away from work on Wednesday. Al Jazeera's Shirine Tadros, reporting from Cairo, said that some workers "didn't have a political.. More

  • Cables: Suleiman favored by Israel

    Omar Suleiman, Egypt's recently appointed vice-president, has long been seen by Israel as the favored successor to Hosni Mubarak, the current president, according to a leaked diplomatic cable obtained by WikiLeaks, the whistleblower website, and published by the UK daily, The Telegraph. The August 2008 cable said David Hacham, a senior adviser at the.. More