Protests grip Cairo as pressure mounts for early vote

5 February 2012, 12:14 am

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian government building was set on fire on Sunday as protests disrupted the heart of Cairo for a fourth day and public figures demanded a faster transition to civilian rule. It was unclear who was behind the attack, shown by Egyptian television after midnight, with the stat... Read More »

Protests grip Cairo, pressure mounts for vote

4 February 2012, 11:00 pm

An Egyptian government building has been set on fire as protests disrupted the heart of Cairo for a fourth day and public figures demanded a faster transition to civilian rule.... Read More »

Cairo govt office torched as Egypt protests ragestate TV

4 February 2012, 4:22 pm

CAIRO (Reuters) Egypt's tax authority building in Cairo was set on fire as street protests against army rule raged into the early hours of Sunday, state TV footage showed.... Read More »

Cairo government office torched as protests rage: state TV

4 February 2012, 3:11 pm

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's tax authority building in Cairo was set on fire as street protests against army rule raged into the early hours of Sunday, state TV footage showed. Parts of the building, close to the interior ministry, were set ablaze, state TV said. Anti-government protests, triggered... Read More »

Street battles rage in Cairo for third day

4 February 2012, 12:30 pm

Protesters faced off with police in Cairo for a third day Saturday in deadly clashes sparked by anger at the failure of Egypt's military rulers to prevent football-linked violence that left scores dead.... Read More »

Third day of Egypt clashes as death toll mounts

4 February 2012, 8:23 am

CAIRO: Police fired tear gas and birdshot at protesters on Saturday in the third day of deadly clashes in Cairo, as anger at Egypt’s ruling military boiled over after 74 people died in football-related violence.... Read More »

Cairo street battles enter fourth day

4 February 2012, 6:38 am

Tax office in capital set on fire amid continuing anger at authorities' failure to prevent Port Said football violence.... Read More »

Syrians storm embassies after uprising's worst violence

4 February 2012, 4:44 am

CAIRO (Reuters) - Syrian demonstrators ransacked their country's embassy in Cairo and broke into the missions in London and Kuwait, part of protests around the world against the worst bloodshed of the 11 month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. The Cairo crowd smashed furniture and equi... Read More »

Third day of Egypt clashes

4 February 2012, 3:54 am

Police fired tear gas and birdshot at protesters on Saturday in the third day of deadly clashes in Cairo, as anger at Egypt's ruling military boiled over after 74 people died in football-related violence.... Read More »

Cairo, Egypt, violence continues; U.S. tourists abducted in Sinai freed

4 February 2012, 12:04 am

Protesters filled the streets and clashed for a second day Friday with police who fired tear gas and birdshot in Cairo, as a deadly soccer riot focused rising public anger over lawlessness and collapsing security a year after Egypt's president was ousted.... Read More »