Police tear-gas protesters near Egypt presidential palace

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Police tear-gas protesters near Egypt presidential palace

February 08, 2013 07:52 PM

Egyptians opposing President Mohammad Mursi hold an effigy mocking him in Tahrir square in Cairo February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

CAIRO: Egyptian police on Friday fired tear gas at protesters who lobbed petrol bombs and set off fireworks outside the presidential palace, amid nationwide rallies against President Mohammad Mursi.

Security vans charged towards the protesters who fled down the large avenue flanking the palace in the upmarket neighbourhood of Heliopolis, where ambulances where on standby.

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