03.02.2011                     29.Shevat, 5771

Kairo:

Five killed as Mubarak supporters open fire on protesters in Cairo

Demonstrators camp out in Cairo square overnight despite government request to abide by curfew and restore calm; army urges pro-Mubarak loyalists to leave square.

Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak opened fire on protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Thursday, killing at least five, in a fresh spike in violence over an unprecedented challenge to his 30-year-old rule.
The violence prompted the Egyptian army to arrest several pro-Mubarak loyalists and to demand that they leave they leave the square immediately….