The police clashed with anti-government protesters in Georgia on Sunday, at one point firing tear gas and rubber bullets, as hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the capital of the former Soviet republic to demand the ouster of President Mikhail Saakashvili.

The protesters, some carrying clubs and with their faces covered by masks, gathered at the headquarters of Georgia’s public television channel in the capital Tbilisi. About 2,000 people attended the rally, officials said, small by Georgian standards. They accused Mr. Saakashvili of stifling pro-Western democratic reforms promised when he came to power in a bloodless coup in 2003. They also expressed anger at enduring poverty and unemployment. Though the demonstration was largely peaceful, about a dozen protesters attacked a police cruiser with sticks early Sunday morning, forcing police to retaliate, said Shota Utiashvili, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry. Police "had to" use a small amount of tear gas and rubber bullets against a small number of demonstrators, Mr. Utiashvili said. He said two people were arrested, and five people, including the three police officers in the car, suffered minor injuries.

Mr. Netanyahu’s furious reaction to what many administration officials viewed as a modest compromise from the more dramatic all-encompassing American peace plan that some of Mr. Obama’s advisers had been advocating, infuriated the White House. In particular, administration officials were angry by Mr. Netanyahu’s lecturing tone during statements the two leaders gave on Friday. American officials were also irritated by Mr. Netanyahu statement directly after Mr. Obama’s speech that used the phrase “expects to hear” in saying that Mr. Netanyahu expected to hear certain assurances from Mr. Obama during their meeting. “That was Bibi over the top,” an administration official said Saturday, referring to Mr. Netanyahu. “That’s not how you address the president of the United States.”

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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has approved the construction of 294 new illegal Jewish settler units in the occupied Palestinian land.

The settlements are to go up in the Beitar Ilit settlement in the occupied West Bank, AFP reported on Sunday. The Israeli regime occupied the West Bank alongside the other Palestinian territory of East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in 1967 and later annexed both. The international community has refused to recognize neither the capture nor the annexation. The United Nations and the European Union call the settlements illegal as they are constructed on the occupied territories. The UN also considers the settlement expansion to be illegal under the international law.

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A Tucson, Ariz., SWAT team defends shooting an Iraq War veteran 60 times during a drug raid, although it declines to say whether it found any drugs in the house and has had to retract its claim that the veteran shot first.

A Tucson, Ariz., SWAT team defends shooting an Iraq War veteran 60 times during a drug raid, although it declines to say whether it found any drugs in the house and has had to retract its claim that the veteran shot first. And the Pima County sheriff scolded the media for "questioning the legality" of the shooting. Jose Guerena, 26, died the morning of May 5. He was asleep in his Tucson home after working a night shift at the Asarco copper mine when his wife, Vanessa, saw the armed SWAT team outside her youngest son's bedroom window. "She saw a man pointing at her with a gun," said Reyna Ortiz, 29, a relative who is caring for Vanessa and her children. Ortiz said Vanessa Guerena yelled, "Don't shoot! I have a baby!"

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„Það stígur upp hár hvítur gufubólstur yfir Vatnajökli,“ segir Örlygur Sigurjónsson leiðsögumaður sem staddur er vestan við Lómagnúp. Hann sagðist hafa séð bólsturinn myndast rúmlega fimmtán mínútur yfir sjö í kvöld.

Örlygur sagði greinilegt að gosið hefði verið mjög öflugt strax í upphafi. „Þetta er mjög tignarlegt að sjá í kvöldsólinni,“ sagði Örlygur, en léttskýjað er við jökulinn og útsýni gott. Hann segir að bólsturinn sé í stefnunni á Grímsvötn. Örlygur sagði að mökkurinn tæki miklum breytingum og hækkaði gríðarlega hratt. „Það er greinileg aska í mekkinum. Hann er dökkgrár að hluta. Mökkurinn stígur rosalega hátt til himins. Ég gæti trúað að hann sé kominn upp í þriggja kílómetra hæð nú þegar,“ segir Örlygur sem var að koma af Hvannadalshnjúk í dag ásamt 10 manna hóp þegar hann sá að eldgos var hafið í jöklinum.

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Voting begins in Spain's local elections as tens of thousands of angry demonstrators remain camped out in squares to protest the government's economic policies.

Polls opened at 9 a.m. (0700 GMT) and close at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) with first results expected between 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) and 11 p.m. (2100 GMT). The outcome of Sunday's regional elections are unlikely to be effected by the pressure of the protesters; however, the ruling Socialists are expected to suffer major losses in the elections for city councils and regional governments, according to the state-run broadcaster. More than 34 million people are eligible to vote, choosing 8,116 mayors, 68,400 town councilors and 824 members of regional parliaments for 13 of the 17 semi-autonomous regions.

U.S. President Barack Obama says he would order another covert military raid like that which killed Osama bin Laden if it was necessary to stop "terrorist attacks."

Pakistan is furious that that United States sent Navy SEALs to raid bin Laden's Pakistan hideaway earlier this month without informing Pakistani authorities. Obama told the BBC in an interview broadcast Sunday that "we are very respectful of the sovereignty of Pakistan," but "our job is to secure the United States."

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The YouTube video, posted on Thursday, has attracted more than 500,000 views and shows Manal Alsharif, who learned to drive in the US, driving her car in Khobar in the oil-producing Eastern Province. "Police arrested her at 3am this morning," said Maha Taher, another activist who launched her own campaign for women driving four months ago to spread awareness of the issue.

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More victims buried in tense Syria - "Syrians prepared for more angry funerals on Sunday after security forces gunned down at least five mourners during burials for anti-government protesters killed the previous day in the third largest city Homs".

Funerals in Homs, which is turning into a focal point in the nine-week uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, were taking place amid mounting calls by the international community for a stop to the violence. Those killed on Saturday -- at least five according to activists -- were marching during the funeral procession of several people who were among 44 killed during protests that swept the country on Friday. "Tens of thousands had accompanied the funeral procession from the city's main mosque to Tal al-Nasr cemetery," an activist told AFP by telephone. "The shooting began as people were coming out of the cemetery" in Homs.

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A Syrian child shot in his belly by the security forces during the protests [Video removed]