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The anti-government activists threw rocks at security forces Sunday on a road leading from Tahrir sq. to the seat of presidency. Egyptian troopers started concrete barriers on the road as riot police confronted the protesters. Egyptian security personnel in civilian garments threw stones at the protesters from rooftops.
Egyptian state tv said rocks and gasoline bombs thrown by rioters injured twenty four police. there have been no different reports of casualties.
On Sunday, the United Nations and therefore the us expressed concern concerning the violence in Egypt.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's workplace said he was "highly alarmed by the excessive use of force used by the protection forces against the protesters."
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday she was deeply involved concerning continuing violence in Egypt.
Authorities say ten protesters were killed and a minimum of five hundred people were hurt within the 1st 2 days of rioting. Military officers say 164 folks are detained.
The anti-government activists protesting in Cairo need the military council to step down immediately. They accuse the council of manipulating the transition method to retain permanent powers. however different Egyptians desire a stop to months of street protests to permit the voting to proceed.
Egypt's main Islamist cluster, the Muslim Brotherhood, said Sunday its party secured the most important share of party-list votes within the second stage of the parliamentary election last week. It said unofficial results from the 9 Egyptian provinces that voted on December fourteen and fifteen show the liberty and Justice party won concerning forty p.c of the party-list ballots.
The Brotherhood's party and therefore the ultra-conservative Islamist Al-Nur party dominated the primary stage of the election in Cairo, Alexandria and 7 different provinces earlier this month.
An Egyptian military council is overseeing the three-month phased parliamentary election, and has promised at hand power to an elected president by July
In another development Sunday, Egyptian authorities say saboteurs blew up a part of a pipeline carrying natural gas to Israel and Jordan, the tenth such attack this year. the most recent blast happened close to the city of El-Arish on the northern coast of the Sinai Peninsula. No fireplace was reported as a result of the pipeline was disabled following a previous attack last month. No cluster has claimed responsibility for the series of pipeline blasts.
Third Day of Violence Rocks Cairo
Third Day of Violence Rocks Cairo
Egyptian anti-government activists and security forces have engaged in a very third day of street battles in Cairo. Protesters are demanding that the country's military rulers hand power to a civilian administration.The anti-government activists threw rocks at security forces Sunday on a road leading from Tahrir sq. to the seat of presidency. Egyptian troopers started concrete barriers on the road as riot police confronted the protesters. Egyptian security personnel in civilian garments threw stones at the protesters from rooftops.
Egyptian state tv said rocks and gasoline bombs thrown by rioters injured twenty four police. there have been no different reports of casualties.On Sunday, the United Nations and therefore the us expressed concern concerning the violence in Egypt.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's workplace said he was "highly alarmed by the excessive use of force used by the protection forces against the protesters."
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday she was deeply involved concerning continuing violence in Egypt.
Authorities say ten protesters were killed and a minimum of five hundred people were hurt within the 1st 2 days of rioting. Military officers say 164 folks are detained.
The anti-government activists protesting in Cairo need the military council to step down immediately. They accuse the council of manipulating the transition method to retain permanent powers. however different Egyptians desire a stop to months of street protests to permit the voting to proceed.
Egypt's main Islamist cluster, the Muslim Brotherhood, said Sunday its party secured the most important share of party-list votes within the second stage of the parliamentary election last week. It said unofficial results from the 9 Egyptian provinces that voted on December fourteen and fifteen show the liberty and Justice party won concerning forty p.c of the party-list ballots.
The Brotherhood's party and therefore the ultra-conservative Islamist Al-Nur party dominated the primary stage of the election in Cairo, Alexandria and 7 different provinces earlier this month.
An Egyptian military council is overseeing the three-month phased parliamentary election, and has promised at hand power to an elected president by July
In another development Sunday, Egyptian authorities say saboteurs blew up a part of a pipeline carrying natural gas to Israel and Jordan, the tenth such attack this year. the most recent blast happened close to the city of El-Arish on the northern coast of the Sinai Peninsula. No fireplace was reported as a result of the pipeline was disabled following a previous attack last month. No cluster has claimed responsibility for the series of pipeline blasts.