PressTV - 'Egypt protesters torch govt. building'

27.1.11

PressTV - 'Egypt protesters torch govt. building': "Protesters threw Molotov cocktails at the building on Wednesday, setting parts of it on fire and also lobbed firebombs at the headquarters of the ruling National Democratic Party, AFP reported.

Thousands of Egyptians poured to streets across the country to continue the unprecedented demonstrations, defying a government ban announced earlier by the Interior Ministry.

Protesters burned tires and threw stones at police in Cairo while heavily armed riot police have been deployed in major cities to disperse crowds fed up with Mubarak's three-decade rule.

Clashes have been reported in Alexandria and the city of Suez, with security forces using water cannons, batons, rubber bullets and tear gas to break up the crowds."