(Euronews: 0625 PST, March 9, 2011) A demonstrator shot in anti-government protests in Yemen has died from his wounds according to a hospital spokesman in the capital Sanaa.

Doctors said 80 people were wounded when police opened fire on crowds demanding the removal of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Witnesses claim the police were trying to prevent people joining thousands of demonstrators. The state news agency blamed the shooting on tribal gunmen.

Anger Grows Against Yemen's Ruler

(Al Jazeera English: 0559 PST, March 9, 2011) A police raid on an anti-government protest at a university campus in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, has left at least one person dead, and several others seriously injured.

In a separate clash between pro- and anti-government protesters in the country's south, one supporter of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president, was killed. Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra in Sanaa has more on the brewing political crisis in Yemen.

(Mosaic Video Alert: February 8, 2011) Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis continued to stage protest rallies and sit-ins in Sana'a and several other cities, demanding the ousting of the regime. Another "day of rage" was triggered by the death of a young man, who was killed by supporters of the General People's Congress ruling party a few days ago. Meanwhile in Sana'a's central prison, two prisoners were killed and several others were wounded in clashes between prisoners and anti-riot police. Hundreds of prisoners refused to return to their prison cells after the daily rest period, and some eyewitnesses say that some prisoners even climbed up to the prison's roof in a show of rebellion against the regime.

(Associated Press: 1221 PST, March 8, 2011) oldiers backing Ivory Coast's rogue leader opened fire on civilians again, killing at least four people hours after hundreds took to the streets to protest the deaths of seven women gunned last week.

(Mosaic Video Alert: March 8, 2011) Press TV reports on the demonstrations in Saudi Arabia. The U.S. has backed the Saudi's people right to peaceful protests, despite government ban on all forms of demonstrations and public gatherings. Saudi clerics, however, have condemned the demonstrations as being "un-Islamic."

(France 24: 0910 PST, March 8, 2011) In Algeria, the authorities are managing to keep a lid on social unrest for now, despite uprisings in neighboring countries. Yet strikes, sit-ins, and attempted protest marches are organized regularly, with young people, who make up the majority of the population, taking center stage. Among their demands: jobs, housing, higher salaries, and political reform.