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UPDATE 7-Egypt protesters torch buildings, target Suez Canal

March 9, 2013 04:45
* First major attempt to disrupt canal traffic fails * Fans torch police club, soccer headquarters in Cairo * Islamist government struggling to keep law and order * Islamist groups offer popular committees as backup * Police on alert for jihadist attacks in Sinai (Adds warning of Islamists) By Yousri Mohamed and Marwa Awad

UPDATE 1-Thousands march in Egypt's Port Said over deaths

March 8, 2013 13:15
* Football stadium case a flashpoint for unrest * Court to give final ruling on death sentences * Thousands take to streets of Mediterranean city (Adds new security forces chief) By Yusri Mohamed PORT SAID, Egypt, March 8 (Reuters) - Thousands of Egyptians packed the streets of the Suez Canal city of Port Said on Friday in protest at the deaths of local people in clashes with police and before a court decision in a contentious football riot case.

Defiant Egypt port city buries protesters killed in clashes

March 8, 2013 12:31
Mourners turned out on Friday for the funeral of protesters killed in clashes in Egypt's Port Said, a day before a court is to issue verdicts over the killing of people in a football riot there. Thousands of protesters followed a casket borne by mourners that held the body of a man killed in clashes on March 4, and a funeral was scheduled later in the day for another protester, shot dead overnight.

Egypt canal city vents anger a year after football tragedy

February 1, 2013 13:15
Several thousand Egyptians marched in Port Said on Friday's first anniversary of a deadly football riot in protest against the Islamist government, unfazed by a heavy troop presence after bloody clashes. "The people of Port Said want independence!" the crowd chanted as they marched past the governorate building in a tense atmosphere. On this day last year, clashes erupted between fans of home side Al-Masry and Cairo's Al-Ahly after the final whistle.

Protesting soccer fans disrupt Cairo traffic

January 23, 2013 12:30
CAIRO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Soccer fans obstructed roads and a rail line in Egypt's capital on Wednesday to demand swift punishment of rival supporters and policemen blamed for the deaths of 74 people in a stadium disaster last year. A verdict in the case is due at the weekend, when thousands are expected to mark the second anniversary of Egypt's Arab Spring uprising with street protests against the Islamist-led government.

Egypt fans protest as stadium stampede verdict nears

January 18, 2013 13:00
CAIRO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Hundreds of soccer fans gathered in Cairo on Friday to demand justice for 74 people killed in a stadium stampede last year, as a court prepared to issue a verdict in the case. Hostility between Egypt's police and hardcore football fans has simmered for years, but worsened after the disaster last February at the Port Said stadium during a match between Cairo's Al Ahly and local side al-Masry.
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