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November 21, 2011 |
Egypt erupts with fresh protests
Protesters unhappy with the pace of change and the continued military rule in Egypt flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square over the weekend demanding civilian rule. Riot police responded with tear gas, beatings, and live ammunition, leaving at least 20 dead in continuing clashes. Egypt holds parliamentary elections next week, and demonstrators want presidential elections to be held shortly afterward. The ruling military has proposed to delay those elections until late 2012 or even 2013, angering Egyptians frustrated with the military's role in government. Collected here are images of the struggle over the weekend. -- Lane Turner (24 photos total)

A protester clashes with riot police at Tahrir Square in Cairo November 19, 2011. Riot police on Saturday cleared the square of protesters who had camped overnight after a rally of some 50,000 people, mainly Islamists, pressed Egypt's military rulers to transfer power swiftly to a civilian government. Around 100 protesters had stayed in the square, where police pulled down tents and confiscated chairs and banners they had set up, Reuters' witnesses said. Some minor scuffles occurred. (Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Reuters) #

A protester throws a tear gas canister, which had earlier been thrown by riot police, near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 20, 2011. Protesters demanding an end to army rule and angered by rough police tactics battled with police on Sunday, presenting Egypt's ruling generals with their biggest security challenge yet, a week before parliamentary elections. Two people were killed and hundreds wounded in clashes on Saturday night reminiscent of some of the worst violence during the 18-day uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in February. (Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Reuters) #

Protesters help people climb down a burning building during clashes with police on a road which leads to the Interior Ministry near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 21, 2011. Egypt's Health Ministry said on Monday that the death toll in clashes between protesters and security forces in Cairo's Tahrir Square reached 20 people. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters) #

Protesters take cover behind a makeshift barricade and a burnt car as riot police fire tear gas and rubber-covered bullets in a side street near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 21, 2011. Cairo's main morgue at Zainhum hospital has received 33 corpses from those killed in clashes between protesters and security forces, medical sources said on Monday. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters) #
More links and information
New clashes in Cairo's Tahrir Square - BBC.co.uk, 11/21
Egypt Clashes Enter 3rd Day as Military Faces Pressure - NYTimes.com, 11/21
Egypt: The return to Tahrir Square- live updates - Guardian.co.uk, 11/21