Forces clear away Egypt protestors

Egyptian forces swinging electrified batons and shouting “God is great” have chased off dozens of activists who had refused to end four weeks of renewed protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to put pressure on the country’s transitional military rulers.

Hundreds of riot police backed by armoured vehicles and soldiers moved in yesterday to tear down the camp of dozens of tents after a group of activists - some of them relatives of people killed in the uprising which toppled Hosni Mubarak in February – refused pleas over loudspeakers to go home. Some in the crowd hurled stones at the police.