- President Ali Abdullah Saleh has agreed to a proposal from Gulf Arab mediators that calls for him to transfer power and resign within 30 days. But thousands of angry demonstrators have rejected the 30-day succession plan, with huge crowds taking to the streets in the capital Sanaa to demand Saleh’s immediate resignation.
- In Syria, at least 20 people were killed yesterday in the city of Daraa after thousands of troops backed with tanks opened fire on protesters. On Sunday, at least 13 civilians were shot dead in the town of Jableh. And at least 112 people were killed in Syria on Friday in the deadliest day since anti-government protests began last month.
- Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul Sunday to protest any extension of U.S. military presence in the country. The protesters also denounced corruption and pressed for the release of detainees.
- The main supply route for NATO troops in Afghanistan was temporarily closed on Sunday after thousands of people blocked a key highway in Pakistan to protest against US drone strikes.
- Some 3,000 protesters took to the streets after Friday prayers in Oman’s southern port of Salalah in one of the biggest pro-reform demonstrations since scattered unrest began in the sultanate two months ago.
- Senegalese fishermen staged a one-day strike Thursday to protest at a decision by the Dakar government to allow foreign boats to fish in their coastal waters.
- Over 1,500 Armenian-American and anti-genocide activists flooded the streets of Culver City, California on Thursday to protest President Obama’s failure to honor his pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
- A flash mob of 10 activists protesting the government’s treatment of Private Bradley Manning serenaded President Obama at a private fundraiser at the posh St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco Thursday morning.
- The local Chinese government decided to lower or remove some fees after thousands of truck drivers blockaded part of Shanghai’s port during a third day of protest on Friday over rising fuel prices they say are crippling their businesses.
- Around 15,000 Christians walked, many barefoot, for six hours in the streets of Mumbai, India, on Good Friday enacting Jesus’ walk to the Cross and condemning growing attacks on the minority community.
