LIBYA: Libyan leader Moammer Gaddafi has addressed crowds of supporters in Tripoli's Green, saying that "if the Libyan people do not love me, then I do not deserve to live" and telling his supporters to "prepare to defend Libya" and that if weapons would be given out to arm his people for battle.
An unknown but significant number of people have been killed on the streets of Tripoli by forces loyal to Gaddafi.
The EU has agreed to impose an arms embargo on Libya.
BAHRAIN: Tens of thousands of Shia protesters thronged capital Manama to demand the end of the ruling Sunni regime, as visiting US military officer Mike Mullen reaffirmed Washington's commitment to embattled King Hamad.
YEMEN: Vast crowds took to the streets across Yemen after the weekly Friday prayers to demand veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down in mass protests that left one killed and 20 injured in clashes with police.
EGYPT: Thousands of Egyptians rallied in Cairo to celebrate the success of a revolution that brought down president Hosni Mubarak and to call for a new government of technocrats purged of old regime remnants.
Thirteen former Egyptian police officers were sentenced to five years in prison each for setting fire to an interior ministry building in central Cairo.
IRAQ: Security forces used water cannons and tear gas to disperse thousands of angry protesters in Baghdad as a "Day of Rage" across Iraq left 14 demonstrators dead in clashes with police.
JORDAN: Thousands of people demonstrated in the capital Amman calling for political reforms in a "Day of Anger" organised by the powerful Islamist opposition and other parties.
TUNISIA: Tunisia's transitional government said it would hold elections by mid-July at the latest, the official TAP news agency said, quoting a cabinet statement.
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