Thousands took to the streets in Milan and Belgrade to demand their respective governments step down—although the Italian protests played to the left and the Serbian to the populist right.
At least two people were killed in the northern Tunisian city of El Kif when police opened fire on protesters who reportedly threw fire bombs and stones at a police station.
At the Munich summit, US envoy Frank Wisner said that "Mubarak's continued leadership is critical." His PR firm, Patton Boggs, has contracts with the Egyptian government.
Jewish Voice for Peace Los Angeles chapter leader Estee Chandler discovered a “WANTED for treason and incitement against Jews” poster plastered on her front porch.
The Center for Constitutional Rights said the death of a Guantánamo Bay detainee highlights problems of the Obama administration’s policy of permanent detention.
The US is conducting a manhunt for a previously unknown cell believed to be involved in the planning of the 9-11 attacks, according to a US cable released by WikiLeaks.
A new anti-Taliban offensive by the Pakistani military in the tribal region of Mohmand bordering Afghanistan has forced some 25,000 residents to flee, according to the UNHCR.
Hundreds of protesters marched in cities around Iraq, demanding basic services such as water and electricity. Protests failed to materialize in Syria, despite a called “day of rage.”
While John McCain is leading a growing chorus of voices in the US Congress calling for Mubarak’s immediate departure, Adm. Mike Mullen cautioned against cutting military aid to Egypt.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay praised the efforts of Egyptian protesters to win democratic reforms—while repeating concerns over mounting casualties.
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika pledged to lift the country’s 19-year state of emergency—but protesters pledged to go ahead with their planned march on the capital.
Tens of thousands of protesters massed on Yemen’s Sana’a University for a “day of rage” against Ali Abdullah Saleh’s rule—while Saleh loyalists occupied the city’s central square.
