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ALGERIA A senior former leader has called for sweeping changes in an open letter to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, while an opposition coalition has announced it will go ahead with a protest march planned for today in Algiers BAHRAIN After days of violent protests and a military crackdown, other Gulf states have expressed support for Bahrains rulers, with analysts saying they may intervene militarily to avoid a change of regime EGYPT The Coalition of the Revolutions Youth has urged a complete change from a presidential system to a parliamentary system. Opposition figures remain unsure whether the army's reforms will be sufficient to avoid another pharaoh ruler IRAN Iran accused opposition leaders of treason and vowed to block their ability to communicate with their supporters as a pro-regime hatred rally was expected to be held in Tehran overnight. Opposition websites called for rallies tomorrow IRAQ Baghdad has pledged to slash politicians salaries and diverted funds from fighter jet purchases to buy food for the needy, after three young people were killed in protests in Iraqi Kurdistan and in the south of Iraq LEBANON Six years after former prime minister Rafik Hariris murder, the formation of a new government has been delayed as politicians haggle over ministries. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah urged his fighters to be ready to take Galilee LIBYA Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime has tried to overshadow clashes in Benghazi and al-Baida with its own pro-government rally in the capital Tripoli. Lawyers have demonstrated in Benghazi demanding a constitution
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MOROCCO Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi will meet the opposition on Monday to discuss polls but the impact of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia will weigh on the talks PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES Palestinians have marched in Ramallah, West Bank, to demand unity between the rival factions. Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas has called on Hamas to allow Gazans to vote in planned legislative elections
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SAUDI ARABIA A senior member of the Saud royal family has warned that anything could happen if King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz does not speed up reform TUNISIA Deposed president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali is reportedly in a coma after a stroke

JORDAN In Amman, Jordanian students have staged a sit-in outside the royal court and called for King Abdullah II's powers to be curbed. In the north, protesters have marched against poverty, oppression and government corruption

YEMEN Police have fired on protesters in the southern port of Aden, where demonstrators stormed the police station and prison, and in the capital, Sanaa, where protesting students have clashed with government backers