Egypt anti-govt protests escalate Thousands call for Tunisia-style ouster of president Hosni Mubarak, while two protesters and a police office have died. Two Egyptian civilians and a police officer have died after a wave of unusually large anti-government demonstrations swept across the country. The two civilians died in the eastern city of Suez, according an interior ministry offical. One, who had respiratory problems, died after inhaling tear gas; the other died after being hit with a rock thrown during a protest, the official said. Meanwhile, in Cairo, a police officer died after being hit in the head with a rock during the capital's biggest protest in Tahrir Square in the city centre, the official said. Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets on Tuesday in what were reportedly the largest demonstrations in years, and which they explicitly tied to the successful uprising in nearby Tunisia. On Tuesday night, hours after the countrywide protests began, the interior ministry issued a statement blaming the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's technically banned but largest opposition party, for fomenting the unrest. Inspired by events in Tunisia, thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo and elsewhere, calling for reforms and demanding an end to the presidency of Hosni Mubarak, which has now lasted for nearly three decades. The demonstrations prompted US secretary of state Hillary Clinton to assert during a press conference that "Egypt's government is stable." #egypt #Jan25
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