(16 Feb 2013)
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. High wide of clashes in square, with riot police firing tear gas at protesters, protester picking up tear gas canister and throwing it at riot police
2. Wide of armoured police vehicle driving along street, protester throwing petrol bomb at vehicle; AUDIO: sirens
3. High wide of protesters in square throwing rocks at riot police, small fire burning nearby
4. Protesters on raised pavement throwing rocks and firecrackers at riot police in square below
5. Injured person being treated inside ambulance
6. Smoke coming out of tear gas canister on street
7. Protester pushing burning branches along road in direction of riot police
8. Wide of protesters standing next to fire caused by fire bomb
STORYLINE:
Egyptian riot police clashed on Friday night with protesters who oppose President Mohammed Morsi.
Police fired tear-gas canisters to disperse the protesters, some of whom threw stones and fire bombs and lit fires on the street.
The opposition accuses Morsi, who was elected in June, and his Muslim Brotherhood party of trying to monopolise power and of using violence against dissenters.
There is also disagreement over a contentious constitution, passed in a nationwide vote late last year, which the opposition wants amended.
The recent protests have left at least 70 people dead in recent weeks.
The president and his backers insist that the opposition's relentless protests calling for reform have hurt the economy and have made implementing changes impossible.
The current cycle of unrest erupted three weeks ago around the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
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