BBC: Striking doctors and a host of other workers have joined thousands of anti-government protesters in Egypt.Medics wearing white coats streamed into Cairo's Tahrir Square alongside demonstrators who continue to call for President Hosni Mubarak to resign.
A key Cairo hospital was reported to have been closed by strike action as an estimated 3,000 staff walked out.
The renewed protests come after Egypt's foreign minister criticised US calls for Egypt to lift its emergency law.
Rebuffing Washington's calls to speed up the pace of political reform, Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Washington should not "impose" its will on "a great country".
Many thousands of Egyptians have been protesting since 25 January, calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down.
Mr Mubarak has said he intends to step down after presidential elections, due to be held in September.
Protests in Cairo have now spread to Egypt's parliament, with violence and reports of strikes in other cities.
Bus drivers, lawyers and textile workers were reported to have joined the doctors on strike on Thursday, with unions reporting walkouts and protests across the country. >>> | Thursday, February 10, 2011
