Egyptians torch police post in eastern city protest

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

Egyptians torched a police post in the eastern city of Suez early on Thursday morning over the killing of protesters in anti-government demonstrations earlier in the week, a witness said.

The Reuters witness said police fled the post before the protesters burned it using petrol bombs. Dozens more gathered in front of a second police post later in the morning demanding the release of their relatives who were detained in protests.

Demonstrations demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, in power since 1981, have raged since Tuesday across several cities, including Cairo and Suez. (Reporting by Yusri Mohamed, Writing by Edmund Blair)



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE70Q0UK20110127

[florida08]

1. just saw this on Al Jazeera

Really heating up for Friday

[Turborama]

2. Protesters torch Egypt police post

Source: Al Jazeera English

Angry demonstrators in Egypt have torched a police post in the eastern city of Suez, where violence between police and protesters has racheted up amid a security crackdown. Police fled the post before protesters used petrol bombs to set it on fire Thursday morning, witnesses told the Reuters news agency. Police in Suez responded to other demonstrators by firing rubber-coated bullets, water cannons and teargas.

Dozens of protersters gathered in front of a second police post later in the morning, demanding the release of relatives who were detained during a wave of unprecedented protests that authorities have failed to quell since they began on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, activists calling for the outser of Hosni Mubarak, who has served as Egypt's president for 30 years, clashed with police in the capital, Cairo, in the early hours of Thursday.

While the situation had calmed later in the morning, the protests are likely to gather momentum with the arrival of Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning former head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, and a potential presidential rival to Mubarak. Responding to a reporter's question as he departed Vienna for Cairo, ElBaradei said on Thursday that he was ready to "lead the transition" in Egypt if asked.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/201112734210243448.html

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[somone]

3. The genie is out of the bottle

[Turborama]

4. K&R n/t