(20 Nov 2011)
Alexandria
1. Wide of protesters in front of main security headquarters throwing stones at riot police UPSOUND: sirens
2. Protesters setting ablaze at garbage box and throwing stones at riot police UPSOUND: shouting and shooting
3. Riot police firing tear gas bombs at protesters UPSOUND: shooting
4. Riot police firing tear gas from top of an armoured car UPSOUND: sirens
5. Heavy smoke from burning tyres
6. Riot police preparing for a assault on protesters
7. Armoured vehicle trying to disperse protesters UPSOUND: sirens and crowds
8. Riot police retreating back from heavy stones by protesters UPSOUND: shooting
Cairo
9. Wide of protesters throwing stones at riot police near Tahrir Square
10. Mid of protesters throwing stones at riot police
11. Protesters collecting rocks and stones
12. Injured protester
13. Protesters cheering each other and marching towards riot police
14. Ambulance making its way through crowds of protesters
15. Wide of protesters in Tahrir Square
16. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Dalia Zahary, Protester :
"For no reason, the army, along with riot police and special forces, attacked us. They say that they're not firing with live ammunition. I consider rubber bullets and cartouche indeed ammunition. I have friends who have lost their eyes with these rubber bullets."
17. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Roushdy Ibrahim, Protester:
"The military had promised us that they would hand over power to civilians in six months. Now ten months have gone by and they haven't handed over power. We feel they are deceiving us."
18. Protesters climbing a street light and waving Egyptian flag
STORYLINE:
Egyptian soldiers and police set fire to protest tents in Cairo's Tahrir Square and fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a major assault Sunday to drive out thousands demanding that the military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government.
At least seven protesters were killed and hundreds were injured.
It was the second day of clashes marking a sharp escalation of tensions on Egypt's streets a week before the first elections since the ouster of long-time authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak in February.
The military took over the country, promising a swift transition to civilian rule. But the pro-democracy protesters who led the uprising have grown increasingly angry with the ruling generals, and suspect they are trying to cling to power even after an elected parliament is seated and a new president is voted in.
The military-backed Cabinet said in a statement that elections set to begin on November 28 would take place on time and thanked the police for their "restraint," language that is likely to enrage the protesters even more.
Security forces tried unsuccessfully to push the crowds out of Tahrir Square - the epicentre of the uprising.
The military, which took over from Hosni Mubarak, has repeatedly pledged to hand power to an elected civilian government, but has yet to set a specific date.
The protests over the past two days have demanded a specific date be set.
According to one timetable floated by the army, the handover will happen after presidential elections late next year or early in 2013.
The protesters say this is too long and accuse the military of dragging its feet. They want a handover immediately after the end of the staggered parliamentary elections, which begin on November 28 and end in March.
Clashes broke out in Cairo and other major cities and by the end of the day. At least one protester was killed in Cairo, and another in Alexandria, officials said, and 676 were injured.
Both sides then began pelting each other with rocks.
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