THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Egypt's presidential palace was encircled by anti-Muslim Brotherhood protesters in a violent demonstration in Cairo, as the constitutional crisis caused by Mohammed Morsi's assumption of unchallengeable powers showed no sign of abating.
Mr Morsi was forced to leave the palace through a back door as up to 100,000 people moved in to surround it on all sides. Some stones were thrown, one hitting the rear car in the president’s convoy.
Ignoring volleys of tear gas, the protesters burst through first one then a second line of police set in the way to reach the palace, which was the site of the final act in the overthrow of former dictator Hosni Mubarak last year.
Then, as on Tuesday, demonstrators chanted: "The people want the downfall of the regime".
There were also protests in towns and cities all over the country, including places previously unaffected. Nineteen people were injured when offices of the Freedom and Justice Party, the Brotherhood's political front, came under attack in the Nileside city of Minya. » | Richard Spencer, and Magdy Samaan in Cairo | Tuesday, December 04, 2012
