Mass protests erupt in Saudi Arabia
The Western-backed regime of Saudi Arabia has been a key counter-revolutionary force 
against the Arab Spring, but is encountering protests of its own–including hundreds protesting the shooting of an anti-regime cleric, and tens of thousands protesting the killing of protesters.
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