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Egypt police guard Brotherhood after violent night

Police were out in force on Saturday outside the headquarters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood a day after more than 160 people were hurt in running street battles between Islamists and opposition protesters. An AFP journalist reported a heavy police presence at the building in the Mokattam neighbourhood, and the official MENA news agency cited a health ministry spokesman as saying more than 160 people were injured the night before. Businesses in the area remained closed, and debris from the violence was visible everywhere.

More than 120 hurt as Egypt activists, Islamists clash

Opposition protesters clashed with Islamists near the headquarters of Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the capital on Friday, injuring more than 120 people, state news agency MENA reported. The violence erupted after activists marched to the building guarded by police and Brotherhood members. More than 120 people were hurt as the two sides pelted each other with stones, emergency services chief Mohammed Soltan told MENA.

Egypt activists, Islamists clash outside Brotherhood HQ

Opposition protesters clashed with Islamists near Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo on Friday after activists marched to the building guarded by police and members of Egypt's ruling movement. Gunshots were heard as hundreds of opposition activists and the Islamists battled in the streets of the Mokattam neighbourhood where the headquarters are situated, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Police had fired tear gas at the protesters outside the headquarters before the clashes moved elsewhere in the neighbourhood.

Brotherhood supporters, opponents clash in Egypt, 40 hurt

CAIRO (Reuters) - Several thousand opponents of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood clashed with supporters of the Islamist group near its headquarters in Cairo on Friday, and at least 40 people were wounded, authorities said. Columns of riot police fired tear gas as the rival groups tussled in the streets around the Brotherhood headquarters. Protesters hurled Molotov cocktails and stones, a witness said.

Egypt activists, Islamists clash outside Brotherhood HQ

Opposition protesters clashed with Islamists near Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo on Friday after activists marched to the building guarded by police and members of Egypt's ruling movement. Gunshots were heard as hundreds of opposition activists and the Islamists battled in the streets of the Mokattam neighbourhood where the headquarters are situated. Police had fired tear gas at the protesters outside the headquarters before the clashes moved elsewhere in the neighbourhood.

Egypt protesters ransack Brotherhood office, group says

A group of men stormed a Muslim Brotherhood office in the Egyptian capital on Friday, ransacking it and assaulting some of the group's members, the movement's spokesman told AFP. The attack on the office came as hundreds of protesters clashed with police and Islamists outside their main headquarters in another Cairo neighbourhood. The Islamist group's spokesman Ahmed Aref said the men assaulted women in the office who were holding an event commemorating Mothers' Day, and then forced them into bathrooms before they destroyed the office's contents. se/srm

Egypt activists, Islamists clash outside Brotherhood HQ

Egyptian opposition protesters clashed with Islamists on Friday near the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters after activists marched to the building guarded by police and Brotherhood members. The two sides threw stones at each other near the building. Police who had been deployed outside the headquarters, have not yet intervened, an AFP correspondent said. As the clashes continued, live television showed hundreds of protesters carrying anti-Brotherhood banners and making their way up to the hilly Mokattam neighbourhood where the Brotherhood headquarters are situated.

URGENT ¥¥¥ Egypt activists, Islamists clash outside Brotherhood HQ

Egyptian opposition protesters clashed with Islamists on Friday near the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters after activists marched to the building guarded by police and Brotherhood members. The two sides threw stones at each other near the building. Police who had been deployed outside the headquarters, have not yet intervened, an AFP correspondent said. ht-se/srm

Moody's cuts Egypt bond rating to Caa1

Credit ratings agency Moody's said on Thursday it has downgraded Egypt's government bond ratings by one notch to Caa1 from B3, saying political instability had "significantly weakened" the economy. Moody's also said the rating outlook was negative. "More than two years into the Egyptian revolution, the continued unsettled political conditions have significantly weakened Egypt's economy," the agency said in a statement.

Women remain 'slaves' despite UN accord: Egypt politician

Women are "the slaves of this age," according to an Egyptian politician who took a stand against the country's Muslim Brotherhood to back a UN declaration on violence against women. Mervat Tallawy, who headed the Egyptian delegation at a United Nations conference that ended late Friday, said that despite the hard-fought declaration, secured after two weeks of tense negotiations, more help must be given to women in the Middle East.
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