Bahrain protesters retake square,shooting in Libya

Pro and anti-government crowds in the Yemeni capital Sanaa hurled stones at each other and fired in the air,riot police corralled protesters in Algiers into a courtyard,and demonstrators clashed with security forces in Djibouti.

In Bahrain,thousands of protesters regained control of Pearl Square in Manama,after first troops and then riot police withdrew from the symbolically important traffic circle.

The crown prince,charged by King Hamad with opening a dialogue with protesters,called for a national day of mourning,appealing for calm.

He had earlier announced that all troops had been ordered off the streets meeting a condition for talks spelt out by an ex-lawmaker of the main Shiite opposition bloc Wefaq.

In Libya,mourners in the city of Benghazi were burying some of the protesters shot dead by security forces in the worst unrest of Muammar Gaddafis four decades in power,when Gaddafi supporters opened fire. At least fifteen persons were killed with many shot in the head and chest,a hospital official said.

Human Rights Watch said 35 people were killed in the city late on Friday,adding to dozens who had already died in a fierce crackdown on three days of protests against Gaddafis rule.

Human Rights Watch said Fridays killings took to 84 its estimated death toll in three days of protests,mostly around Benghazi.