Protest Intensifies in Cairo's Tahrir Square

Cairo, Nov,22:Thousands of people rushing into  Tahrir Square at Cairo's for what protest for the "million man march." People are demanding that the Egypt's military rulers must give the power to a civilian authority. 

As crowds inched into the Tahrir square Egyptian Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi was holding a crisis meeting with political leaders - a round of emergency talks aimed at preventing further clashes between security forces and protesting people. State television says he will deliver address the nation later Tuesday. 

Television video from the Tahrir square has shown demonstrators waving huge Egyptian flags and chanting slogans. 

Many protesters seen holding a coffin that is said to contain the body of a demonstrator killed in an earlier rally.  Health Ministry of Egypt says at least 29 protestors have died in agitation over the past four days, during clashes between security personals and demonstrators. Three people died on November 21 in the Red Sea port city of Ismailiya. 

The protestors are the largest to take place in country since anti-government agitations forced Hosni Mubarak to resign in February this year. The protests are unfolding ahead of parliamentary elections set to begin on November 28.

Islamist group of Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, and four other parties were expected to attend todays's deliberations, but there has been no indication the youth groups driving the protests would take part.

Amnesty International has also accused Egypt's rulers of brutality sometimes exceeding that of Mubarak. Hundreds have been injured nationwide during the unrest




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