The authorities were on alert as Monday is the second anniversary of the killing of a teenager by a police officer, an episode that provoked nearly two weeks of rioting in the Greek capital.
Protesters said that they were intent on causing two weeks of traffic chaos in the capital, with the action part of a wider campaign with demonstrations taking place in at least 80 cities in more than 33 countries.
The World Health Organization says the number of people killed in two weeks of clashes in the Libyan capital, Tripoli has risen to more than 200.
Mixing that pace of new arrivals with up to 6 million beer-drinking revellers who usually descend on the Bavarian capital for two weeks of festivities could cause tensions, regional interior minister Joachim Herrmann warned.
But the exact timing and purpose of Mr. Ismail's mission was not divulged, and the mystery surrounding his trip added to a sense of tension and uncertainty in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, after two weeks of Western airstrikes intended to protect rebel-held territory and pressure the Qaddafi government.
At the end of two weeks of knotty peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, Sudan's government promised to allow aid agencies free access to its western region of Darfur a promise it has made and broken several times before.
Chinese officials insist that cooler, drier weather and clearer skies will descend on the capital for the two weeks of the games, August 8th-24th.Hot and botheredThe last batch of Olympic tickets went on sale, prompting a near riot.
More than 30,000 people, some sporting pollution masks, braved a hazy morning to run through the Indian capital despite almost two weeks of hazardous smog that forced schools shut for several days.
I spent the first two weeks of the year in the Valley raising capital.
Paris' Fireworks! music festival, showcasing electronic music from international avant-garde musicians, will bring some of the most cutting-edge artists to the French capital for almost two weeks of musical discovery.
