Egypt: Thousands gathered in a Cairo's Tahrir Square today under the slogan "Revolution First," to remind people of the importance of the January 25 Revolution. Protestors demanded that figureheads of the former regime and anyone involved in cases of corruption and accused of killing protestors be put on trial. Security forces were absent from the square. The people's anger was fueled by recent verdicts exonerating six ministers charged with corruption and embezzling, and police officers charged with killing protestors.

Syria: American ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, visited Hama today on what is being referred to as "no dialogue Friday." The US State Department confirmed that Ford's visit was in support of the Syrian people, while the Syrian Foreign Ministry condemned the ambassador's violation of diplomatic norms, seeing it as an attempt to incite more violence and protests.

Yemen: Thousands of citizens gathered in various Yemeni cities, including the capital Sanaa and Taiz, on what they have named the "Friday to reject mediation," referring to regional and international interference in their revolution. Yesterday, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh made his first television appearance after surviving an assassination attempt early last month. Protestors are demanding the formation of a transitional council, the prosecution of Saleh and his family, and are rejecting foreign interference.