A look at anti-Government protests, political turmoil and important developments in the Middle East Sunday:
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Libya:
Libyan helicopter gunships strafe the opposition fighters as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi pound them with artillery and rockets, dramatically escalating a counter-offensive to stop the rapid advance of rebels against the capital Tripoli.
Another scene of heavy fighting, the city of Misrata, 200 120 km (75 miles) East of Tripoli, where a doctor tells the associated press 20 people were killed and 100 wounded.
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Yemen:
The Government supporters saves justify knives and small arms attack demonstrators in the country's South, leaving a died in the last few weeks of demonstrations demanding President step.
In a separate development in the increasingly chaotic nation kill suspected al Qæda gunmen four soldiers from the Republican Guard forces in a mountainous region of the elite.
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Bahrain:
Thousands of Shiite opposition supporters block entrance to Bahrain prime minister's office, but shall refrain from interfering with a Government meeting campaign for reforms in the strategic Gulf nation enters the third week.
Bahrain Shiite majority has long complained about discrimination and political persecution in the island nation, which is controlled by a Sunni dynasty.
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Egypt:
Egypt's prime minister-designate names Cabinet a janitor to lead the country through reform and against free elections after the uprising, ousted President Hosni Mubarak. The changes include new faces in the central ministries for Foreign Affairs, Interior and justice.
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Saudi Arabia:
Saudi authorities release a Shiite cleric two days after the Shiites in the eastern region demonstrate to demand his release. Tawfiq al-Amer, who was arrested last week after he called for a constitutional monarchy, was released, said a close Associate of al-Amer.
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