At least 82 people were hurt on Friday after Egyptian opposition activists marched on thousands of Islamists rallying outside the Supreme Court in central Cairo demanding judicial reform, an official said. The fighting took place in Abdel Moneim Square and on the October 6 Bridge that passes over it after crossing the Nile River. Islamists on the bridge threw rocks at militants below, including masked members of the so-called Black Bloc. An AFP correspondent said some of the Black Bloc members fired birdshot at people on the bridge, wounding two of them.

The Egyptian army helped prevent a civil war during the 2011 uprising, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday, adding American aid to the nation's military had been a good investment. But he reiterated concerns to US senators about the direction being taken by the new government of President Mohamed Morsi, who was elected Egypt's leader after the toppling of Hosni Mubarak.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was transferred Thursday from a military hospital back to prison to await a retrial in May over his role in the deaths of protesters in 2011, a security source said. Mubarak was taken by ambulance to Tora prison under heavy security escort, the source told AFP. Egypt's public prosecutor ordered Mubarak back to prison on Wednesday after his health was deemed stable.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Ousted former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was ordered to be transferred back to prison from a military hospital on Wednesday on the recommendation of a medical team after he appeared fitter at his aborted retrial. The prosecutor general's office said it had decided Mubarak would be returned to Torah prison on the outskirts of Cairo. It did not say when he would be moved.