Police in Yemen used tear gas, water cannons and live bullets at anti-government protesters at a protest camp in Tahrir Square in the center of the capital, Sanaa. At least six people died and about 1200 were injured.
Reports say hundreds of police moved in, where protesters have been camping out in Sanaa’s Tahrir Square for weeks.
The clashes came after the US urged opposition groups to take up President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s call for talks.
Weeks of protest against Saleh’s 32-year rule have left about 30 people dead.
Police were blocking medical teams from entering the area.
Security forces loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo, who is clinging to power in Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), fatally shot six women in the Abodo district of Abidjan, protesting his refusal to leave office Thursday, as the U.N. said more than 200,000 people have fled the intensified fighting.
Troops loyal to Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo have killed at least seven women during a protest calling for him to step down. The troops pulled up in armored vehicles and began shooting.
Supporters of Alassane Ouattara burned tires and furniture in the street to protest the attack.
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo has served as the President of Côte d’Ivoire since 2000. A history teacher by profession, Gbagbo was one of the primary opponents of President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. He founded the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) in 1982 and unsuccessfully ran for President against Houphouët-Boigny at the start of multi-party politics in 1990. When Robert Guéï, heading a military junta, barred other leading politicians from running against him in the October 2000 presidential election, Gbagbo was left as the only significant opposition candidate. Gbagbo claimed victory after the election and his supporters took to the streets, toppling Guéï; Gbagbo was installed as President.
The streets of Tehra, Iran erupted in massive and fiery morning-to-dusk protests Sunday December 27, 2009 as tens of thousands of demonstrators clashed with security forces on the occasion of an important Shiite Muslim holiday — Ashura.
Several witnesses told Los Angeles Times reporters that Iranian security forces opened fire with live ammunition against unarmed protesters near College Bridge in in the capital Tehran. At least five protesters were killed, including Ali Mousavi, the nephew of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi. A stabbing was witnessed in front of the City Theater in downtown Tehran.
