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March 4, 2013
4:43 pm

File photo of Port Said after clashes between protesters and police, on January 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo)

Death toll rises to five in Port Said clashes

Thousands take to the streets for a mass funeral procession as street battles between Egyptian police and protesters continue

By Mosaad el-Gohary and Sarah El Deeb

March 4, 2013
2:53 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Egyptian military intervenes in Port Said clashes

Thousands of protesters throw rocks and Molotov cocktails at police in street battles raging for hours

By Mosaad el-Gohary and Sarah El Deeb