Clashes break out in Tahrir Square

Clashes have broken out between pro- and anti-government demonstrators in the Egyptian capital Cairo.Protesters from both sides threw stones at each other in Tahrir Square, the epicentre of ongoing opposition demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak. Al Jazeera correspondents, reporting from the scene, said that more than a 100 people were injured in the clashes and in a stampede that started when trouble broke out. Earlier, witnesses said thousands of pro-Mubarak supporters had entered the square. Opposition groups said Mubarak had sent in thugs to suppress the protest. Also in Cairo, Al Jazeera's Jane Dutton, said that "hundreds...

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