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Anti-government protesters claimed control of many other cities in Libya, and top government officials and diplomats turned against the longtime leader. Residents in the capital told The AP that pro-Gadhafi troops were opening fire randomly in the streets.

The unrest in Libya is pushing up the international price of oil and pushing down the value of the U-S stock market.

But anti-government protesters claimed control of many other cities in Libya, and top government officials and diplomats turned against the longtime leader.

Deep cracks opened up in Moammar Gadhafi's regime with diplomats abroad and the justice minister at home resigning, air force pilots defecting and a fire raging at the main government hall after clashes in the capital.

U.S. Tells Non-Essential Personnel To Leave Libya

Demonstrations are under way in Morocco, called by a coalition of youth groups, labor unions and human rights organizations and demanding a new constitution that would bring greater democracy in the North African kingdom.

Soldiers targeted mourners who were part of a funeral procession moving toward a central square in the capital, which was the scene of a bloody crackdown the day before. Protesters at Friday prayers chanted against the king as recent violence has shifted public anger toward the nation's highest authorities.

Bahraini soldiers fired automatic weapons and lobbed tear gas at mourners in a funeral procession Friday who defied a ban on gatherings and marched toward a central square in the capital that was the scene of a bloody crackdown the day before.

Bahrain's foreign minister defended a crackdown on protesters, saying the decision to dislodge thousands of people in the capital had pulled the country back from the "brink of sectarian abyss."

Bahrain's foreign minister said the decision to use anti-riot police to dislodge protesters in the capital had pulled the country back from the "brink of sectarian abyss." Police used tear gas and clubs as they stormed Pearl Square. Troops and tanks then appeared on the streets for the first time since the uprising began.