Egyptian protesters defiant in huge demo

EGYPTIANS staged one of their biggest protests yet yesterday demanding President Hosni Mubarak step down immediately, their wrath undiminished by the vice president’s announcement of a plan to transfer power.

With the government refusing to budge on the demonstrators’ main demands, Vice President Omar Suleiman promised no reprisals against the protesters for their campaign entering a third week to eject Mubarak after 30 years in office.

Protesters on Cairo’s central Tahrir Square accused the government of merely playing for time, and swore they would not give up until the current “half revolution” was complete.