Protests in Egypt to continue for fourth day

EGYPTIAN police fought protesters in two cities in eastern Egypt yesterday and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei headed back to the country to join demonstrators trying to oust President Hosni Mubarak.

Police fired rubber bullets, water cannon and tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators in Suez on a third day of protests calling for an end to Mubarak’s 30-year-old rule. Protesters threw rocks and petrol bombs at police lines.

In Ismailia, hundreds of protesters clashed with police, who dispersed the crowds with tear gas.