CAIRO - The festive atmosphere that accompanied the protests yesterday against Mubarak is now only a memory. E 'violence broke out today in Tahrir Square, the symbol of the protests demanding the president to relinquish power. Clashes between rival factions on the north side of the square, where 500 supporters of Saddam tried to storm, turned into tragedy with deaths and injuries.
The budget provided by the Ministry of Health of three victims, and doctors speak of more than 1500 injured. Chaos reigns in the capital, men on horseback and camels entered the square and also charging the demonstrators went to the Egyptian museum fire. Mohamed El Baradei, a spokesman for the opposition, has called for military intervention "to protect the lives of Egypt," accusing the government of "criminal" to foment violence.
Several journalists were involved in the clashes and were attacked. Pro-Mubarak demonstrations were also held in Ismailia and Suez. Increase while the appeals of international diplomacy and rising tones. While the vice president spoke of a DIALOGUE Suleiman to be opened "only after the end of events," the White House was peremptory: "All violence instigated by the government must cease immediately." And Hillary Clinton cojn a phone call at the same Suleiman explained that transition should begin immediately.
" The European Union is urging for an orderly transition to begin immediately and Italy expresses grave concern at reports of the last hours. THE PICTURES The positions with horses and camels - VIDEOS Battle in Cairo. The situation has fallen rapidly in the capital, where protesters have refused to leave the square, ignoring the call of the army who asked to return to normal life, ensuring that their demands had been heard.
"People will continue the Intifada until the departure of Mubarak," said the newly elected secretary of the Political Opposition united, Abu Al Izz Al Hariri. We want, he added, "a true dialogue." The police charged the demonstrators, but he fired tear gas, fired into the air and used water cannons to disperse them.
The opposition has complained that some undercover agents would infiltrate the crowd to stir up violence. Some have reported that the army fired several shots into the air, then denied news on state television, but the situation is rather confused: the graphic novelist Magdi el Tahrir square Shafee said that national security officials have worn the uniforms of 'army with petrol bombs and attack the anti-Mubarak protesters, giving the impression that the army was deployed against the crowd.
THE CHRONICLE OF THE DAY El Baradei: "From the government tactic of terror." "I hope that Mubarak to go away before Friday," said Mohamed El Baradei, in reference to yet another day of protest that the forces hostile to the regime have already called the "Friday the start," alluding to his leaving the scene of Saddam after three decades in power.
Speaking to the BBC has used harsh words against the government: former Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency has accused the authorities of using a true "tactic of terror." He called the fighting "a criminal act committed by a criminal regime." Confusion about the death toll.
According to Al Arabiya, sanitary wells have counted 500 wounded in Tahrir Square, but no precise figures. Al Jazeera spoke to the dead. In the evening the government has provided these numbers: three dead and over 400 wounded. Ambulances were prevented from entering the square, while the pro Mubarak protesters continued to press to enter the capital's main square, to which access has been blocked by tanks.
One of the doctors operating in a medical post set up on talk of more than 1,500 people left. Journalists in the viewfinder. Several foreign crews have been involved in fights and have communicated, via twitter, to be loaded. According to the CNN reporter Anna Stewart anchor the U.S. "Anderson Cooper and his crew were attacked by protesters in Cairo." Even a crew from CBS came under attack, while a Belgian journalist, correspondent for Le Soir, was stopped by police.
Two journalists from the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet have been attacked by the crowd in a district of Cairo, only to be arrested and released shortly afterwards, reports Al Araby. Egyptian Museum in flames. The violence does not spare even the artistic sites. Dozens of Molotov cocktails were thrown at the front left of the Egyptian Museum which is located in Tahrir Square, said the envoy of Al Jazeera.
Flames have grown in the garden of the museum and it is unclear whether they have even reached the halls which house the exhibits. Several times in recent days have increased the calls to protect the heritage of Egypt, also from UNESCO. Parliament suspends activities. The violence of today have broken the slow return to normalcy that seemed to take shape with the announcement of the reduction of three hours of the curfew and the resumption of operation of the Internet in Cairo and Alexandria, at least in part.
In the morning the work of Parliament has been suspended until the courts pronounce themselves on appeals on the results of the elections in November and December, said the Egyptian state television. A measure of this kind had already been announced yesterday in the speech of President Hosni Mubarak, to meet the demands of opposition parties that have representatives in Parliament.
Clinton: "Transition begins now." The United States has finally unloaded Mubarak. Hillary Clinton has made clear to the Egyptian Vice-President Omar Suleiman reiterated in the statement today by the White House: the transition in Egypt should begin immediately. During a phone call the Secretary of State has also asked the former intelligence chief that the perpetrators of violence accountable for their actions.
From EU increases pressure on Mubarak. The European Union increases pressure on Mubarak, asking him to "do something, as soon as possible," to show that the legitimate aspirations of the Egyptian citizens who were demonstrating peacefully are heard. "It 's no question that we need to see a movement and that the process of transformation and transition will require a sense of urgency," said the chief diplomat of the EU Catherine Ashton.
"We appeal to President Hosni Mubarak to do something because as soon as possible so that the people can see who is having answers." 
The budget provided by the Ministry of Health of three victims, and doctors speak of more than 1500 injured. Chaos reigns in the capital, men on horseback and camels entered the square and also charging the demonstrators went to the Egyptian museum fire. Mohamed El Baradei, a spokesman for the opposition, has called for military intervention "to protect the lives of Egypt," accusing the government of "criminal" to foment violence.
Several journalists were involved in the clashes and were attacked. Pro-Mubarak demonstrations were also held in Ismailia and Suez. Increase while the appeals of international diplomacy and rising tones. While the vice president spoke of a DIALOGUE Suleiman to be opened "only after the end of events," the White House was peremptory: "All violence instigated by the government must cease immediately." And Hillary Clinton cojn a phone call at the same Suleiman explained that transition should begin immediately.
" The European Union is urging for an orderly transition to begin immediately and Italy expresses grave concern at reports of the last hours. THE PICTURES The positions with horses and camels - VIDEOS Battle in Cairo. The situation has fallen rapidly in the capital, where protesters have refused to leave the square, ignoring the call of the army who asked to return to normal life, ensuring that their demands had been heard.
"People will continue the Intifada until the departure of Mubarak," said the newly elected secretary of the Political Opposition united, Abu Al Izz Al Hariri. We want, he added, "a true dialogue." The police charged the demonstrators, but he fired tear gas, fired into the air and used water cannons to disperse them.
The opposition has complained that some undercover agents would infiltrate the crowd to stir up violence. Some have reported that the army fired several shots into the air, then denied news on state television, but the situation is rather confused: the graphic novelist Magdi el Tahrir square Shafee said that national security officials have worn the uniforms of 'army with petrol bombs and attack the anti-Mubarak protesters, giving the impression that the army was deployed against the crowd.
THE CHRONICLE OF THE DAY El Baradei: "From the government tactic of terror." "I hope that Mubarak to go away before Friday," said Mohamed El Baradei, in reference to yet another day of protest that the forces hostile to the regime have already called the "Friday the start," alluding to his leaving the scene of Saddam after three decades in power.
Speaking to the BBC has used harsh words against the government: former Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency has accused the authorities of using a true "tactic of terror." He called the fighting "a criminal act committed by a criminal regime." Confusion about the death toll.
According to Al Arabiya, sanitary wells have counted 500 wounded in Tahrir Square, but no precise figures. Al Jazeera spoke to the dead. In the evening the government has provided these numbers: three dead and over 400 wounded. Ambulances were prevented from entering the square, while the pro Mubarak protesters continued to press to enter the capital's main square, to which access has been blocked by tanks.
One of the doctors operating in a medical post set up on talk of more than 1,500 people left. Journalists in the viewfinder. Several foreign crews have been involved in fights and have communicated, via twitter, to be loaded. According to the CNN reporter Anna Stewart anchor the U.S. "Anderson Cooper and his crew were attacked by protesters in Cairo." Even a crew from CBS came under attack, while a Belgian journalist, correspondent for Le Soir, was stopped by police.
Two journalists from the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet have been attacked by the crowd in a district of Cairo, only to be arrested and released shortly afterwards, reports Al Araby. Egyptian Museum in flames. The violence does not spare even the artistic sites. Dozens of Molotov cocktails were thrown at the front left of the Egyptian Museum which is located in Tahrir Square, said the envoy of Al Jazeera.
Flames have grown in the garden of the museum and it is unclear whether they have even reached the halls which house the exhibits. Several times in recent days have increased the calls to protect the heritage of Egypt, also from UNESCO. Parliament suspends activities. The violence of today have broken the slow return to normalcy that seemed to take shape with the announcement of the reduction of three hours of the curfew and the resumption of operation of the Internet in Cairo and Alexandria, at least in part.
In the morning the work of Parliament has been suspended until the courts pronounce themselves on appeals on the results of the elections in November and December, said the Egyptian state television. A measure of this kind had already been announced yesterday in the speech of President Hosni Mubarak, to meet the demands of opposition parties that have representatives in Parliament.
Clinton: "Transition begins now." The United States has finally unloaded Mubarak. Hillary Clinton has made clear to the Egyptian Vice-President Omar Suleiman reiterated in the statement today by the White House: the transition in Egypt should begin immediately. During a phone call the Secretary of State has also asked the former intelligence chief that the perpetrators of violence accountable for their actions.
From EU increases pressure on Mubarak. The European Union increases pressure on Mubarak, asking him to "do something, as soon as possible," to show that the legitimate aspirations of the Egyptian citizens who were demonstrating peacefully are heard. "It 's no question that we need to see a movement and that the process of transformation and transition will require a sense of urgency," said the chief diplomat of the EU Catherine Ashton.
"We appeal to President Hosni Mubarak to do something because as soon as possible so that the people can see who is having answers."
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