CNN: Algerians defy protest ban.
Algiers, Algeria (CNN) -- Baton-wielding Algerian security forces clashed Saturday with protesters who defied a ban and took to the streets of the capital demanding political reform.
Eleven individuals and eight policemen were injured, two seriously, the official Algerie Presse Service reported.
Police arrested nine protesters, the news service said.
Algeria's largest opposition party, Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD), last week called the demonstration to demand the release of detainees, the lifting of a state of emergency that has been in place for almost two decades, and the restoration of individual and collective freedoms. ...
Full story and video at the link.
"Tunisia-style" protests in Yemen. Arutz Sheva reports that 'thousands of Yemenis fed up with their president's 32-year rule demanded his ouster Saturday in a noisy demonstration'. Article at the link.
Jordanians protest in Amman. CNN video at the link, and yes, those are islamist flags in the background in the first part. The police here are doing their best to play "good cop" and mollify the protesters.
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