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Protesters and Syrian government forces clashed Saturday in the coastal city of Latakia, where demonstrators set fire to the offices of President Bashar Assad's ruling Baath party, an activist said.

Security forces in Yemen's capital Sanaa gather in force ahead of what anti-government protesters say will be their biggest rally yet.

A top general in Yemen joined the anti-government protest movement and will order his troops to protect protesters demonstrating against the country's long-time president, the general told reporters in Yemen.

Yemeni security forces and unidentified snipers opened fire at a protest in Sanaa after Muslim prayers Friday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 200 others, medical sources and witnesses told Reuters.

Military troops and security forces moved Wednesday against thousands of anti-government protesters occupying a landmark square in Bahrain's capital, a day after emergency rule was imposed in the violence-wracked Gulf kingdom.

As many as 100,000 people protested at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Saturday against a new law severely restricting government unions, and they greeted as returning heroes Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to stall the measure.

Defying a government ban on all kinds of public demonstrations, a group is planning a "Day of Rage" protests Friday in Saudi Arabia.

Dozens of protesters camped overnight in the Wisconsin Capitol and vowed to be back in full force Monday after police backed away from threats to close the building, where demonstrators have held steady for two weeks to oppose Republican-backed legislation aimed at weakening unions.

More than 180,000 pro-democracy demonstrators rally in cities across Yemen, calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.Protests in Yemen mushroomed Friday into the largest pro-democracy demonstrations in the nation's history, as more than 180,000 people marched in streets and squares calling for the ouster of longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The Middle East was engulfed by protests Friday from Yemen to Tunisia, with some turning violent at times.