[03:13.28]Street vendors have been quoted as saying they've sold hundreds of gas masks to protesters.
[03:19.49]Senior army officers suggested that disperse could start as early as daybreak on Monday.
[03:23.84]Polls have officially closed in Mali's run-off election to decide who will be the next president.
[03:30.12]The day has been marked by pouring rain which observers say could have led to a lower turnout than in a previous round of voting.
[03:37.45]One of the candidates is the former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who said the elections marked a change for the country.
[03:45.05]“We are laying down the foundations of a new Mali, the foundation stone of which will, from now,
[03:53.70]be absolute integrity from the point of view of ethics and morality and, zero tolerance for corruption.”
[04:00.49]Mr. Keita is running against the former Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse,
[04:05.49]who said the country needed basic facilities like drinking water schools and adequate health care.
[04:10.99]A huge fire has broken out in one of the largest oil refineries in Venezuela, sending large plumes of black smoke into the sky.
[04:19.46]Venezuelan authorities have ordered the evacuation of the area around the Puerto La Cruz refinery.
[04:25.79]Refinery officials say a storage tank was hit by lightening sparking the blaze.