Government forces fire on Tripoli protest
Top news: An anti-Qaddafi rally following Friday prayers in Libya was met first with tear gas and then with live fire by government loyalists. A similiar protest was met with live-fire last week. Since then, Qaddafi's forces have been cracking down hard in the capital, arresting suspected demonstrators in nighttimes raids.
Most of the East of Libya, and even some cities in the west, is now out of Qaddafi's control. Pro-government forces, including a unit led by Qaddafi's son Khamis, launched counterattacks on the cities of Zawiya and Misrata on Friday, but the two sides appear to be locked in a stalemate.
In a statement on Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama demanded that Qaddafi cease the "appalling violence against the Libyan people" and step down. While he did not commit the United States to military action, he did say that a no-fly zone is still under consideration.
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- Tunisia has set July 24 as the date for parliamentary elections.
- Iyad Allawi has refused to take a post in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malliki's governments, putting his coalition in jeopardy.
Asia - Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani praised slain minister Shahbaz Bhatti and vowed to bring his killers to justice.
- Up to 40 high-profile North Korean websites were hit by a coordinated cyberattack.
- A bomb attack on a mosque in northwest Pakistan killed at least nine.
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