An activist told Reuters that three army defectors had been killed after they abandoned military units which fired live ammunition at a demonstration of 1,500-2,000 people.

Twenty were injured and at least four were arrested, activists told media.

At the Washington demonstrations, some activists did not tell the police ahead of time about their actions.

"I prefer to call it an 'uprising,'" one activist told me recently.

One activist told the Guardian that some residents had responded to the speech by throwing their shoes- a common insult in the Arab world- see 3.10pm.

During the tests, the teacher said, "known activists told teachers not to interfere."

One activist told the AP news agency that police had fired on the crowd.

One activist told that helicopters were used to identify the targets.

One activist told me, "There is no plan, but we must proceed."