About 2,000 protesters took to the streets in the capital Algiers defying the government ban on protests .Algerian security forces and pro-democracy protesters have clashed in the capital, Algiers.
Following the protests, Algerian authorities blocked Internet access ,
eliminated Facebook accounts .
Security forces closed all entrances to Algiers and arrested hundreds of protesters.Protesters are demanding greater democratic reforms and more jobs.Algerians are protesting against high food prices. Despite its vast gas reserves, there is high unemployment and poverty.
To disperse crowds in Algiers about 30,000 riot police has been deployed and journalists are being targeted.
Inspired by the Mubarak's resignation after the 18 days of protests by the Egyptian People and last month's overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia's president for 23 years, have electrified the Arab world.
There are fears that it could be the next Arab country hit by the popular protests that have already ousted two longtime leaders in a month.
Algeria has been under a state of emergency since 1992, when the cancellation of the country's first multiparty election led to an Islamist insurgency that resulted in the death of some 200,000 people.
The present crisis in Algeria will affect the the world economy because it is a major oil and gas exporter.
In Yemen yesterday, police with clubs beat antigovernment protesters who were celebrating the resignation of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and demanding the ouster of their own president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has promised not to run again when his term ends in 2013.
Hundreds of protesters tried to reach the Egyptian embassy in Sana, Yemen’s capital, yesterday but security forces stopped them.
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