Friday, January 28, 2011
Clashes in Cairo Extend Unrest in Arab World
Alan Cowell, NY TimesAfter days of protests in the Arab world that have toppled one president and shaken many others, thousands of demonstrators calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak poured from mosques in Cairo after noon prayers on Friday, clashing with police who fired tear-gas, rubber-bullets and water-cannons, according to news reports and images broadcast on television.Witnesses said a crowd of at 10,000 people was moving east from Cairo’s Mohandeseen neighborhood, trying to reach the central Tahrir Square that has been an epicenter of protest.
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