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Egyptian protesters torch police station as Kerry arrives
Sunday March 03, 2013 07:53:09 AM,
RIA Novosti
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Cairo: As
US Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Cairo Saturday for
talks to help overcome the country's economic crisis, Egyptian
protesters torched a police station in the Suez Canal city of Port
Said.
Some 500 people hurled stones and petrol bombs at the police
station in Port Said, setting it ablaze, local police officials
said.
Clashes between protesters and police have also intensified in
Egypt's Nile Delta city of Mansoura where one person died after
being hit by a Central Security Forces (CSF) vehicle Friday.
Dozens were injured in the early hours of Saturday when fresh
clashes broke out in the Nile Delta city. Egypt's Interior
Ministry said 21 police officers were injured in the protests.
The protests came as Kerry arrived in Cairo on his first official
visit to Egypt as secretary of state. During his two-day visit,
Kerry will discuss the $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund
loan package desperately needed to boost the country's ailing
economy.
The talks with Egyptian leaders will also focus the Palestinian
peace process, the Syrian crisis as well as the preparations for
Egypt's parliamentary elections, scheduled for April.
Meanwhile, Egypt's opposition leaders Mohammed ElBaradei and
Hamdeen Sabahi have rejected the invitations for talks with Kerry.
"We want to send a message that we reject US pressure," Sabahi
told private broadcaster ONTV Friday.
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