Seven die in Libyan protests

Libyan city of Benghazi in clashes between security forces and anti-regime protesters, a medical official said, raising the day's toll by one."Seven protesters were killed in the demonstrations yesterday at Benghazi," the medical official who requested anonymity said, without giving further details.

Shortly after the newspaper Quryna, which is close to the son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, reported the same death toll, citing a security official.Gunfire rang out in several parts of the city on the third straight day of protests against the long-time Libyan leader, Ramadan Briki, chief editor of the Quryna newspaper in Benghazi, said."It is the first time that we have heard shooting in the city," Briki said. "Given the difficulties, we are unable to know if there are fatalities or not."

Separately, lawyers demonstrated in front of a courthouse in Benghazi - Libya's second city after Tripoli - to demand a constitution for the country.