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Under attack in Tahrir Square
Cairo, Egypt
By Amr Abdallah Dalsh
I was on assignment on the Turkish-Syrian border when I was asked to come back home to help the Cairo team as the situation in Egypt developed with protests and clashes.
I arrived in Cairo early yesterday morning and planned to go to Tahrir square later in the day. When I reached the scene of the clashes near the square, which has witnessed a lot of clashes in the last few days, I found some members of the riot police coming close to reaching protesters. The police and the protesters normally do a tit for tat (cat and mouse) sort of thing. Police sirens blared. Usually the protesters run away quickly when they hear that sound. It was obvious that there were about five or six riot police to the left of the vehicle and they wanted to hit back at protesters with stones the protesters were hitting them with. Those few riot police entered a building near the protesters.
The police vehicle started to go back, I guess without noticing that they'd left some of their officers behind. The protesters, noticing that those few police were far from their group, started to beat them very hard. I heard the protesters saying they'd got three of them, but I only saw two. The protesters threw everything they had at them - stones, glasses, logs - they were also slapping their faces. I could see blood coming out of policemen's head. The protesters also started stripping them of their clothes and their vests and shields, helmets and shoes.
A few protesters tried to defend the policemen and told the other protesters that they should leave them alone but the rest of the protesters continued to beat them saying: "let's take our rights".
from Photographers Blog:
The trouble with Northern Ireland
Tradition is something that is celebrated, enjoyed and handed down to the next generation, but in the small corner of western Europe where I was born, it has led to shootings and bombings and the loss of thousands of lives.
For 16 years I’ve worked as a photographer covering ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland and in this time I’ve come to realize that what one side of the political and religious divide sees as celebration, the other sees as triumphalism.
from Your View:
Greek marchers burn EU flag
Thousands march in Thessaloniki to commemorate the 1973 student revolt in Greece, November 17, 2010. Your View/Alexandros Michailidis
from Your View:
March to Commemorate 1973 Revolt.
Thousands march in Thessaloniki to commemorate the 1973 student revolt in Greece, November 17, 2010. Your View/Alexandros Michailidis
from Photographers Blog:
Bloodied streets of Bishkek
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
Kyrgyzstan-based photographer Vladimir Pirogov's images of Wednesday's violent clashes in Bishkek are examples of the power of photography in telling stories. Here are a selection of the best. Click here to view the slideshow of images.
Men lay dead during clashes between riot police and anti-government protesters near the presidential administration in Bishkek.
from Africa News blog:
Soccer match creates Arab diplomatic rift
In scenes more akin to a prelude to war than a soccer match, Algeria won Africa's last place in next year's World Cup finals in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Wednesday.
With 15,000 extra security men manning the stadium and heavily armed riot police on virtually every street corner for Algeria's 1-0 win over Egypt, there was little opportunity for major violence.
from Africa News blog:
Saving Kenyan forest. Is it a turning point?
After a decade of rampant destruction of the Mau forest water catchment in western Kenya, the country's coalition government seems firmly united in trying to save the complex before more serious damage is inflicted on the economy.
U.N. officials say this is no longer simply an environmental issue but something that has huge importance for the whole country. Already two of the top three foreign exchange earners -- tourism and tea -- are feeling the impact of falling water levels which have also forced the postponement of a major hydro-electric project.
from Photographers Blog:
Violence in South Africa: Audio slideshow
Reuters photographer Siphiwe Sibeko talks about his experiences capturing dramatic images of the outbreak of violence in South Africa.
