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• At least 49 killed in Saturday's protest clashes in Egypt: ministry

  The death toll from clashes during protests in Egypt on Saturday rose to 49, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, in violence that erupted on the third anniversary of the popular uprising which toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

• Clashes kill 29 as Egypt marks 2011 uprising

  At least 29 people were killed in clashes in Egypt on Saturday during rival rallies on the anniversary of the 2011 revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak, underscoring the country's violent polarisation.

• Clashes across Egypt kill 51, more protests called

  At least 51 people were killed in clashes in Egyptian cities on Sunday, security sources said, after opponents and supporters of deposed president Mohamad Morsi took to the streets in one of the bloodiest days since the army seized power.

• Clashes break out in Egypt, Brotherhood supporter killed

  Clashes erupted in several Egyptian cities on Friday after supporters of deposed President President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood took to the streets to demand the end of army-backed rule, in defiance of a security crackdown.

• Egypt clashes leave another six dead: medics

  Clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in and around Cairo overnight left at least six people dead, medics told AFP.

• Mohamed Morsi's loyalists press protest after deadly Egypt clashes

  Egyptian Islamists pressed on with protests Saturday to demand the return of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, after tens of thousands of them clashed with his opponents during deadly rallies overnight.

• Infighting threatens Egypt transition plan, army orders arrests of Muslim Brotherhood leaders

  Political infighting threatened to stall Egypt's transition plans today, as the military cracked down on Muslim Brotherhood leaders it blames for inciting a clash in Cairo in which troops shot and killed 53 protesters.

• 26 killed in clashes as Egypt Islamists protest army coup

  At least 26 people were killed in clashes across Egypt on Friday as tens of thousands of supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi turned out to protest his ouster by a popularly backed military coup.

• Two dead in Egypt clashes as Mohamed Morsi readies speech

  Two people were killed and dozens injured in street fighting on Wednesday north of Cairo between supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president, hours before Mohamed Mursi was to address the nation.

• Egyptians march on Tahrir on anniversary of deadly protest

  Hundreds marched on Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday to mark one year since deadly clashes that left 45 people dead, piling pressure on President Mohamed Morsi to bring his predecessor's police to account.

• Egyptians challenge Islamist president, some scuffle

  Opponents of Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi scuffled with his supporters on Friday during a demonstration that posed the first test of the Islamist leader's popularity on the street. Egyptians had been nervous that an anti-Mursi protest, flagged for several weeks, could turn violent and in Cairo's Tahrir Square rival groups hurled stones at each o...

• Egypt clashes rage into fourth day

  Protesters and police fought pitched battles on Sunday at security headquarters in Cairo as deadly clashes raged into a fourth day and the interior minister leapt to the defence of his reviled forces.

• Egypt's military clashes with protesters; 9 killed

  Hundreds of Egyptian soldiers swept into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday, chasing protesters and beating them to the ground with sticks and tossing journalists' TV cameras off of balconies in the second day of a violent crackdown on anti-military protesters that has left nine dead and hundreds injured.

• Egypt cabinet resigns as deadly clashes rock Tahrir

  Egypt's cabinet said on Monday it had resigned amid deadly clashes in Tahrir Square between police and protesters demanding political change, and the ruling military called for crisis talks. "The government of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has handed its resignation to the (ruling) Supreme Council of the Armed Forces," cabinet spokesman Mohammed Hega...

• Clashes renew at Egypt's Tahrir Square; 24 dead in three days

  Security forces fired tear gas and clashed on Monday with several thousand protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square in the third straight day of violence that has killed at least 24 people and has turned into the most sustained challenge yet to the rule of Egypt's military.