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Egyptians mark Port Said catastrophe with second day of protests

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After 74 reported deaths in Wednesday's Port Said football catastrophe, anti-government protests continue for a second day. Reports indicate up to four fatalities and hundreds injured at the protests. Cairo, Egypt. 3rd February 2012
in Our World, on the 3rd of February 2012

An effigy of ousted President Mubarak hangs in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for the second day after the Port Said soccer catastrophe, which resulted in 74 deaths and hundreds injured.

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Egyptians protest the Port Said catastrophe for a second day. A poster reads, "Down with Mubarak and military rule.".

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for the second day after the Port Said soccer catastrophe, which resulted in 74 deaths and hundreds injured.

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for the second day after the Port Said soccer catastrophe, which resulted in 74 deaths and hundreds injured.

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for the second day after the Port Said soccer catastrophe, which resulted in 74 deaths and hundreds injured.

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for the second day after the Port Said soccer catastrophe, which resulted in 74 deaths and hundreds injured.

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for the second day after the Port Said soccer catastrophe, which resulted in 74 deaths and hundreds injured.

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A protester leads anti-government chants in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

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Protesters head toward the Interior Ministry in a second day of demonstrations after Wednesday's Port Said catastrophe in which 74 were reported killed and hundreds injured.

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Written across the chest of this effigy of ousted former president Hosni Mubarak are the words, "The right of the martyr."

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Returning from the battle at the Mohamed Mahmoud Street wall, now destroyed, is a tear gas victim.

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A Mohamed Mahmoud Street protester displays an emptied tear gas canister.

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Returning from battles at Mohamed Mahmoud Street a protester exhibits the results of having been in the line of tear gas fired at those near the Ministry of the Interior.

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Protesters at Mohamed Mahmoud Street carry a flag reading (translated), "Do not wipe your memory of the names of the martyrs, ask what happened to their demands."

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Returning from battles at Mohamed Mahmoud Street a protester exhibits the results of having been in the line of tear gas fired at those near the Ministry of the Interior.

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans as they prepare to march toward the Interior Ministry in a second day of demonstrations after Wednesday's Port Said catastrophe in which 74 were reported killed and hundreds injured.

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Returning from battles at Mohamed Mahmoud Street a protester exhibits the results of having been in the line of tear gas fired at those near the Ministry of the Interior.

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A protester from Mohamed Mahmoud Street battles is carried to an awaiting ambulance for treatment.

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Protesters head toward the Interior Ministry in a second day of demonstrations after Wednesday's Port Said catastrophe in which 74 were reported killed and hundreds injured.

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Protesters retreating from Mohamed Mahmoud Street battles.

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A female protester standing on remnants of the fallen Mohamed Mahmoud Street wall chanting anti-government slogans.

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The wall adjacent to Mohamed Mahmoud Street.

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Returning from battles at Mohamed Mahmoud Street protesters exhibit the results of having been in the line of tear gas fired at those near the Ministry of the Interior.

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