.- The Egyptian authorities have declared a curfew in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez, according to a decision taken by the military Government announced on public television. The measure will be from 18:00 local time (17:00 GMT) until 07:00 (06:00 GMT), said the announcement of two lines placed in one of the public television channels in Egypt.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Friday in Egypt, throwing stones at police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes so far in the challenge to 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak. The Nobel Peace Prize Mohammed El Baradei was placed under house arrest after joining the protests, and the government declared a curfew from 18 to 7 in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez, state television reported.
He added that the military will cooperate with the police to enforce the provision. Groups of thousands of protesters, some chanting "Out! Out! Out!''Gathered in different parts of Cairo, a city of 18 million inhabitants. Security officials said there were protests in 11 of the 28 provinces country.
It was a major escalation in the movement that began Tuesday to demand the departure of Mubarak and vent anger at years of government neglect of the widespread poverty, unemployment and rising food prices. Security officials said the demonstrators ransacked the offices of the ruling party in the cities of Mansoura, north of Cairo, and Suez in the east.
Some of the most violent incidents occurred on Friday in Suez, where protesters took guns that were stored at a police station and told to go aside the policemen inside the building, before setting the fire. It also set fire to about 20 police vans parked outside. The internet and mobile services, at least in the capital, seemed to be cut from midnight, in the most extreme measure so far to try to prevent the protests are organized.
However, that did not stop tens of thousands of people flooded the streets, emboldened by the recent success of a popular uprising in Tunisia _ another Arab country in North Africa. ''It's time to change the government,''said Amal Ahmed, a protester of 22 years. ''I want a better future for myself and my family when I married.'' The protesters received a boost on Friday with the return to the country of El Baradei, a leading pro-democracy activists in Egypt.
ElBaradei participated in the protests and protesters was protected by police harassment. But when he parked outside his home told police he could not get out. 
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Friday in Egypt, throwing stones at police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes so far in the challenge to 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak. The Nobel Peace Prize Mohammed El Baradei was placed under house arrest after joining the protests, and the government declared a curfew from 18 to 7 in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez, state television reported.
He added that the military will cooperate with the police to enforce the provision. Groups of thousands of protesters, some chanting "Out! Out! Out!''Gathered in different parts of Cairo, a city of 18 million inhabitants. Security officials said there were protests in 11 of the 28 provinces country.
It was a major escalation in the movement that began Tuesday to demand the departure of Mubarak and vent anger at years of government neglect of the widespread poverty, unemployment and rising food prices. Security officials said the demonstrators ransacked the offices of the ruling party in the cities of Mansoura, north of Cairo, and Suez in the east.
Some of the most violent incidents occurred on Friday in Suez, where protesters took guns that were stored at a police station and told to go aside the policemen inside the building, before setting the fire. It also set fire to about 20 police vans parked outside. The internet and mobile services, at least in the capital, seemed to be cut from midnight, in the most extreme measure so far to try to prevent the protests are organized.
However, that did not stop tens of thousands of people flooded the streets, emboldened by the recent success of a popular uprising in Tunisia _ another Arab country in North Africa. ''It's time to change the government,''said Amal Ahmed, a protester of 22 years. ''I want a better future for myself and my family when I married.'' The protesters received a boost on Friday with the return to the country of El Baradei, a leading pro-democracy activists in Egypt.
ElBaradei participated in the protests and protesters was protected by police harassment. But when he parked outside his home told police he could not get out.
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