Groups of men armed with knives and sticks attacked protesters trying to march to the headquarters of Egypt's military rulers today, setting off fierce street clashes.

Egypt’s prime minister promised to fight corruption as a new Cabinet was sworn in under pressure from protesters demanding faster change and the removal of those tied to the ousted regime of president Hosni Mubarak.

More than 1,000 people were reported injured as Egyptian security forces clashed for a second day in Cairo with hundreds of youths.

Soldiers beat hundreds of protesters with clubs and fired heavy volleys of gunfire into the air in a pre-dawn raid today to disperse an overnight demonstration in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square, in the latest sign of tension between Egypt’s ruling military and protesters.