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Syria and saudi arabia, those in power are now offering their people concessions and in saudi arabia's case, billions of dollars in an effort to stem the tide. four days after mubarak fell, peaceful demonstrations started in libya against president gadhafi. unlike in tunisia and egypt, the crowd started smaller and the international media was not allowed in the country but like the other leaders gadhafi was defiant. what reports got out told of soldiers firing teargas and bullets, even bombs dropped on protesters. none of which cnn could confirm. still, they were determined and ten days after ...

The libyan people deserve a government that is responsive to their aspirations and that protects their universally recognized human rights. now, secretary clinton leaves sunday and she is going to geneva, switzerland. she will be taking part in a meeting of the u.n. human rights council and they have voted already to suspend the membership of libya in that body. she'll also have a good chance to meet with other foreign ministers and coordinate on next steps. one thing that she did stress, don and john, is that they're looking for ways of providing humanitarian assistance and very important l r...

There and monitoring what's happening. so we'll leave you to it. thanks very much. now over the past 24 hours, events in cairo boiled over into a violent confrontation. john vauss has a look. >> reporter: throughout the night, tahrir square, the focal point of the uprising, was a dangerous place. fires continued to burn and gun fire rang out. earlier, those loyal to hosni u mubarak took positions around the crowd. >> launched from pro-mubarak protesters. are there women and children in the sides? absolutely. >> reporter: for more than a week, the protesters gathered here in the very heart of...

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