Protests Spread to Libya as Unrest Roils Bahrain, Yemen
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Pro-democracy demonstrations stretched into a third day in Bahrain, while police and anti-regime protesters clashed in Yemen and Libya, the latest country in the region hit by demands for change.
Hundreds of Bahrainis gathered yesterday at the funeral of a demonstrator, who died in protests Feb. 15. They are demanding democracy and the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, a member of the Sunni Muslim royal family who has held the post for four decades.