(Reuters) - Here are details of some of the major protests against authoritarian governments, soaring consumer prices, poverty and high unemployment around the Middle East and North Africa:
IRAN -- Dozens of opposition supporters were arrested on Monday while taking part in a banned rally in Tehran to support popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, an Iranian opposition website said.
-- Security forces fired teargas to scatter thousands of opposition supporters marching towards a Tehran square, a witness said. There were also clashes between police and demonstrators, resulting in dozens of arrests, in Isfahan in central Iran, the country's third largest city, another witness told Reuters.
-- The rallies amounted to a test of strength for the opposition, which had not taken to the streets since December 2009.
-- "Death to the dictator," some protesters chanted, though in other places, demonstrators marched in silence. Among chants distributed in Internet video, some demanded Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should suffer the same fate as ousted presidents Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia: "Mubarak, Ben Ali, now it's your turn Sayyed Ali."
-- Security forces surrounded the Tehran houses of opposition leaders Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.
* BAHRAIN -- Bahraini police fired teargas and rubber bullets to break up protests on Monday in Shi'ite villages that ring the capital Manama, dampening a "Day of Rage" stimulated by popular upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia.
-- Helicopters circled over Manama, where protesters had been due to gather but which remained quiet throughout the day, and security forces tightened their grip on Shi'ite areas. More than 20 people were hurt in village clashes, witnesses said. -- King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, trying to defuse the tension, said he would give 1,000 dinars ($2,650) to each local family, and the government has indicated that it may free minors arrested under a security crackdown last year.
* TUNISIA -- Protests that have empowered countries throughout the region started in Tunisia after Mohamed Bouazizi, a fruit vendor, set himself on fire on December 17 in protest at his treatment by local police.
-- Bouazizi died of his burns, becoming a martyr to crowds of students and the unemployed protesting against poverty, unemployment, corruption and repression in Tunisia. The protest eventually forced President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to flee the country on January 14. The government said 78 people were killed in the violent demonstrations since December. The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has put the number at 117.
-- Since Ben Ali's departure Tunisia's interim government has been making faltering steps towards stability. Police in many places have melted away, and strikes and protests around the country are disrupting the economy.
* EGYPT -- In Egypt, several people set themselves alight in January in protest against poor living conditions. Egyptians called for nationwide protest inspired by Tunisia, against torture, poverty, corruption and unemployment for January 25.
-- After 18 days of huge protests -- around 1 million people on February 1 turned out -- President Hosni Mubarak stepped down on February 11.
-- Egyptians again massed in Tahrir Square on Monday just hours after military police and soldiers had cleared the last pro-democracy activists from the area.
-- Pro-democracy leaders say Egyptians will demonstrate again if their demands for sweeping democratic change are not met. They plan a huge "Victory March" on Friday to celebrate the revolution and honour those killed.
* YEMEN -- Government supporters armed with broken bottles, daggers and rocks chased down thousands of protesters in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Monday, turning unrest inspired by Egypt's uprising increasingly violent.
-- Anti-government protesters had clashed on Sunday with police trying to prevent them from marching towards Yemen's presidential palace in Sanaa. Shortly before the clashes, the opposition agreed to enter talks with President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is keen to avert an Egypt-style revolt.
-- Saleh, in power for more than three decades and concerned about unrest in some parts of the Arab world, has said he will step down in 2013 and pledged his son will not take over the reins of government. He invited the opposition for talks.
* ALGERIA -- Thousands of police in riot gear blocked off the centre of Algeria's capital on Saturday and stopped government opponents from staging a protest march that sought to emulate Egypt's popular revolt.
-- Small groups of demonstrators angry at President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, gathered in May 1 Square in the centre of Algiers shouting "Bouteflika out!." After about three hours, hundreds of people left the square quietly.
-- Bouteflika, seeking to prevent opposition calls for protests from building momentum, has promised more democratic freedoms and ordered new job-creation measures. On Monday, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci brushed off concerns about escalating Egypt-style unrest, saying a 19-year-old state of emergency in Algeria would end within days.
* JORDAN -- King Abdullah swore in a new government on February 9, led by a former general who promised to widen public freedoms in response to anti-government protests.
-- Scores of anti-government protests have been staged in Jordan, where a mix of tribal and Islamist-led opposition have called for moves towards a constitutional monarchy that limits the powers of the throne. -- Abdullah asked Marouf Bakhit, a conservative former premier with a military background, to head the government after accepting the resignation of Samir Rifai, whose dismissal was demanded by protests across the country.
* SUDAN -- Women held a vigil outside the Sudan security service headquarters on Sunday, calling for the release of sons and other men arrested during a series of protests inspired by Egypt's uprising, witnesses said.
-- Protests last month focussed on food prices and human rights abuses and broadened to include calls for political change after images of massed protests in Cairo, Tunis and other cities were broadcast across the world.
-- The protests, many focussed around universities, have so far not been supported by wider parts of the population and have not gained momentum.
