From: Russia Today
Story: Tahrir tear gas: Revolt flashback amid violent clashes (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Published: 20 November, 2011, 15:28
Edited: 21 November, 2011, 02:50
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The clashes have been ongoing since Friday, and on Sunday most of them took place on a road leading from the square to the Interior Ministry.
Internet social networks have called for Egyptians to join the demonstrations, with reports that several groups were headed to the square, including one from Cairo University.
According to Associated Press, hundreds of demonstrators threw stones at the main security headquarters in the city of Alexandria.
In the eastern city of Suez, about 1,000 people took to the streets outside a police station on Saturday night to show their support for the demonstrators in the country's capital. Protesters in Suez tore down banners of former members of Mubarak's party, who are running in the country's first election since the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak in February.
The recent violence brings fears of new unrest ahead of the parliamentary elections, set to start on November 28.
The military, which took over from Mubarak, has repeatedly pledged to hand over power to an elected government.
But now reports suggest the handover, according to the military, will take place only after the presidential elections, which are slated to be held late next year or early in 2013.
Egyptian protesters point to the "Made in USA" tag on a tear gas canister during clashes with riot police at Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square on November 20, 2011. (AFP Photo / Khaled Desouki)
But the protesters want a handover to take place immediately after the end of parliamentary elections in March.
One of the protesters at the scene explained Associated Press that public anger has risen over the slow pace of reforms.
"We joined the protest because none of goals of the revolution has been achieved and the slogans of the revolution, which are freedom, humanity and dignity, have not been fulfilled," it quotes one of those rallying as saying.
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Egypt: 'At least 11 dead in Tahrir Square protests'
By REUTERS
11/20/2011 23:52
Medical sources in Cairo report rising death toll as police and military forces charge activists calling on ruling generals to hand power over to civilian gov't; military rulers say violence will not delay elections.
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Egypt: 'At least 11 dead in Tahrir Square protests'
By REUTERS
11/20/2011 23:52
Medical sources in Cairo report rising death toll as police and military forces charge activists calling on ruling generals to hand power over to civilian gov't; military rulers say violence will not delay elections.
CAIRO - Police backed by the army used batons and teargas on Sunday to charge protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square demanding Egypt's ruling generals swiftly hand power to civilians, in some of the worst violence since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. Medical sources said as many as 11 died in Sunday's violence.
With little more than a week to go before a parliamentary election that starts the process of transition, the state news agency reported three dead in a second day of violence on Sunday and 192 wounded. It took the official death toll to five in two days.
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