Friday
Feb082013
Tunisia (and Beyond) Live Coverage: General Strike and Marches as Slain Opposition Leader is Buried
Friday, February 8, 2013 at 7:10 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Live, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
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Thursday's Tunisia (and Beyond) Live Coverage: Government is Dissolved After Murder of Opposition Leader
1642 GMT: Saudi Arabia. Thousands marched in Qatif on Thursday night in memory of leading cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, shot and detained by security forces last year.
Al-Nimr was a leading figure in the protests in the mainly-Shia Eastern Province, protesting detentions and calling for political reforms.