LIBYA: Rebels claim advance in port city.
Rebels in the western port city of Misrata said Wednesday they had captured the local airport.
The reported advances against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces were the latest in a flurry of rebel victories, coinciding with intensified NATO airstrikes. In all, NATO said Wednesday, the alliance has carried out more than 2,400 airstrikes since March 31 in an effort to assist the rebels and pressure Gadhafi to end his 42- year authoritarian rule.
Late Wednesday, Gadhafi made his first TV appearance since a NATO airstrike on his residential compound killed one of his sons on April 30. Libyan TV showed him meeting tribal leaders but did not record him speaking.
YEMEN: 13 protesters killed in three cities.
Security forces fired on more than 1,000 protesters in three cities Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 100 others, doctors and witnesses said.
Protesters in Sana had tried to march down side streets toward the prime minister’s office. The government said they planned to break into officials’ offices.
