• Egyptian protesters march in defiance of curfew

    Reuters

    Protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi march despite a nighttime curfew in the city of Suez on Jan. 28. Egyptian protesters defied a nighttime curfew in restive towns along the Suez Canal, attacking police stations and ignoring emergency rule imposed by Islamist President Morsi to end days of clashes that have killed at least 52 people. Egypt's army chief said political strife was pushing the state to the brink of collapse - a stark warning from the institution that ran the country until last year as Cairo's first freely elected leader struggles to contain bloody street violence.

    By Tom Perry, Yasmine Saleh and Yusri Mohamed, Reuters

    Political opponents spurned a call by Mohammed Morsi for talks on Monday to try to end the violence. Instead, huge crowds of protesters took to the streets in Cairo and Alexandria, and in the three Suez Canal cities - Port Said, Ismailia and Suez - where Morsi imposed emergency rule and a curfew on Sunday.

    "Down, down with Mohammed Morsi! Down, down with the state of emergency!" crowds shouted in Ismailia. In Cairo, flames lit up the night sky as protesters set vehicles ablaze.

    The demonstrators accuse Hosni Mubarak's successor Morsi of betraying the two-year-old revolution. Morsi and his supporters accuse the protesters of seeking to overthrow Egypt's first ever democratically elected leader by undemocratic means. Continue reading the full story.

    Slideshow: Tempers flare in Egypt

    Khalil Hamra / AP

    On the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, huge crowds take to the streets in five cities.

    Launch slideshow

    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    A state of emergency is imposed on three cities in Egypt as a top military official warns the country is on the brink of collapse following days of anti-government protests. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

     

  • Oil refinery burns in Egypt after explosion

    Reuters

    Black smoke rises from oil containers as firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out at the Nasr Petroleum Company refinery in the Egyptian canal city of Suez April 17. Five people were killed and dozens injured while the cause of the blaze, which set off an explosion, was not immediately known, an official said.

    Reuters

    Soldiers stand guard as black smoke rises from oil containers as firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out at the Nasr Petroleum Company refinery in the Egyptian canal city of Suez on April 17. Five people were killed and dozens injured while the cause of the blaze, which set off an explosion, was not immediately known, an official said.

     

  • Asmaa Waguih / Reuters

    Protesters and military police tussle over trying to overturn a police car after protesters broke the windows in front of the court complex in Suez on Wednesday, July 6. Angry families are protesting against the rejection of an appeal against police officers accused of killing protesters in Suez during the revolution, local media reported.

    Riots erupt over police trials in Suez, Egypt

    The AP reports from Cairo:

    Hundreds of protesters pelted the security headquarters in the city of Suez with rocks on Wednesday, angered by a court's decision to uphold the release of seven policemen facing trials for allegedly killing protesters during Egypt's uprising.

    Riots and protests have been escalating recently over what many see as the reluctance of the military rulers to prosecute police and former regime officials for the killing of nearly 900 protesters during the uprising earlier this year. Continue reading.