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Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral againCAIRO - Libyan forces fired machine-guns at mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi Sunday, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi pummeled demonstrators with assault rifles and other heavy weaponry. More » |
Bahrain's Sunni outreach fuels protestsMANAMA, Bahrain - Among the marchers pledging loyalty to Bahrain's embattled king were many from afar: other Sunni Arabs and South Asians granted citizenship and jobs in the tiny Gulf nation. More » |
Veteran Egypt activist sees revolution as ongoingCAIRO - He organized his first demonstration while still a student in 1998, then got arrested and tortured by Egyptian police two years later at age 23. Now he has seen the fall of the president he spent his adult life struggling against. More » |
Aristide backers march amid talk of Haiti returnPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Several thousand supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide protested in Haiti's quake-torn capital Friday, waving photos of their exiled leader and vowing to derail a runoff election next month unless he returns. More » |
Jordan's king wants effective political partiesAMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday called for "quick and real" political reforms to give the public a greater role in governing and to eliminate corruption, favoritism and nepotism. More » |
