Sri Lanka news: The violent protests over the unprecedented economic crisis have claimed at least eight lives so far even as the government imposed a nationwide curfew. Several politicians' homes, including that of the Rajapaksa family, have been set on fire by anti-government protesters. Here are the top developments.
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tripoli is generally subdued as protesters stay off the streets for fear of government retaliation, but outside the libyan capital just 40 miles to the west anti-gadhafi demonstrators are far from quiet. senior national correspondent nic robertson took a government-escorted tour of zawiya. reporter: these are the people that moammar gadhafi s government labels drug adirects and al qaeda supporters, but here s what we saw, anti-government protesters, and this crowd of 2,000 is just 40 mintz drive from the capital tripoli in the oil-refining town of usaia. the crowd here was saying things like gadhafi, you bloodsucker,