Day in Pictures
Militias loyal to Moammar Gadhafi opened fire on protesters streaming out of mosques in the Libyan capital on Friday, demanding the regime's ouster, witnesses said, reporting at least four killed. Across rebellious cities in the east, tens of thousands held rallies in support of the first Tripoli protests in days. The Arabic in placard reads, "The people want the leader to step down."
Thousands marched on government buildings and clashed with security forces in cities across Iraq on Friday, in the largest and most violent anti-government protests here since political unrest began spreading in the Arab world several weeks ago.
The deputy to Osama bin Laden issued al-Qaida's second message since the Egyptian uprising, accusing the nation's Christian leadership of inciting interfaith tensions and denying that the terror network was behind last month's bombing of a Coptic church in Alexandria that killed 21 and sparked protests.
Militants in Pakistan attacked tankers bringing fuel to NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Friday, killing four people and causing a massive nighttime blaze.
Heavy fighting in Ivory Coast over the country's disputed election may augur a return to civil war, the United Nations warned as clashes raged in Abidjan and in western regions of the country, violence that one side said left 13 people dead. For the first time since the contested poll last November, the U.N. said Thursday, troops loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo were attacked by commandos claiming loyalty to his opponent.
Museveni won the elections to rule Uganda for another term of 5 years. Museveni has been in power in Uganda for 25 years, despite pledges earlier in his career to not follow in the footsteps of long-serving African dictators.
The near bloodless four-day people power revolution 25 years ago saw the ouster of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos from 20-year-rule and helped install now President Benigno Aquino III's mother Corazon "Cory" Aquino to the presidency.