In Bahrain, protestors gathered at Pearl Square have vowed not to leave the place despite the release of leading Shiite opposition activists and renewed calls by the king for talks. Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa has renewed an appeal for dialogue. According to Bahrain’s official news agency, King Hamad said that public squares are not the right place for national dialogue and right thing is to sit to the table of national dialogue adopted by Prince Salman. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has welcomed the king's decision to release the prisoners and initiate a meaningful dialogue with the full spectrum of Bahraini society. In Yemen, Thousands of Yemeni anti-regime demonstrators are defiant after government loyalists shot two of them dead, Reports say that eight ruling party MPs resigned over the suppression of protests. Country’s president Saleh has already rejected demands of his stepping down. He however renewed calls for talks with the protesters. In a related development Jordan's Cabinet has approved a laws making it easier to organize protests. The law will also revive a government body that works to ensure basic commodities remain affordable to the poor. In an attempt to discourage unrest that has spread to neighboring Bahrain, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah nearly doubles a development fund that helps citizens buy homes, get married, start businesses, and sets up unemployment assistance for the first time.