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Libyan security forces open fired on mourners at a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi again Sunday, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi pummeled demonstrators with assault rifles and other heavy weaponry as well as knives.

As protests returned to Libya’s second city, a deadly cycle was emerging: Security forces fire on funeral marches, killing more protesters, creating more funerals.

A human rights activist says more than 400 people have been arrested during a pro-democracy protest that brought thousands of people onto the streets of the Algerian capital....

Hundreds of thousands of protesters packed into Tahrir Square in the largest challenge to President Hosni Mubarak in a week of demonstration ...

Jordan's King Abdullah II on Tuesday dismissed Prime Minister Samir Rifai and his cabinet after widespread protests by crowds of people inspired by demonstrations in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere.

Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt's top democracy advocate and a key challenger to President Hosni Mubarak, returned to the country Thursday night after declaring he was ready to lead the grass-roots protest movement to a regime change....

Protesters take to the streets of Cairo to demonstrate against political repression and unemployment under President Hosni Mubarak.

Solace for world leaders trying to enforce painful austerity measures: At least you're not running Romania.

Workers opposed to a higher retirement age blocked roads to airports around France on Wednesday, leaving passengers in Paris dragging suitcases on foot along an emergency breakdown lane.

There were reports of sporadic clashes between the police and protesters around Tehran, with reports of arrests varying from a handful to 200.