http://www.smh.com.au/world/three-killed-as-protesters-call-on-mubarak-to-quit-20110126-1a5dl.html Three killed as protesters call on Mubarak to quit Kareem Fahim January 27, 2011 CAIRO: An Egyptian policeman and two demonstrators were killed as thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in Cairo and other cities for marches inspired by the revolt that toppled the Tunisian President, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Protesters are demanding an end to the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak, in an unusually large and sometimes violent burst of civil unrest. Security forces initially struggled to suppress the demonstrations. But early yesterday, firing rubber bullets, tear gas and concussion grenades, the police finally drove groups of demonstrators from the square in Central Cairo, as a sit-in was transformed into a spreading battle involving thousands of people and little restraint. Plainclothes officers beat several demonstrators, and protesters flipped over a police car and set it on fire. Protests also flared in Alexandria, Suez, Mansoura and Beni Suef. The government quickly blamed the country's largest opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, which is tolerated but officially banned. The Islamic movement declared that it had little to do with the protests. The New York Times [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
