Hundreds killed, injured in Kharga
Press TV
Egyptian security forces targeted the anti-government protesters with live bullets on Wednesday, killing at least five protesters and wounding hundreds of others.
Cairo's Liberation Square remained flooded with demonstrators who call on embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The independent organization Human Rights Watch has so far put the death toll at almsot 300, after visiting just nine hospitals in troubled Egypt.
As Egyptians are out on the streets for the 16th straight day, newly appointed Vice President Omar Suleiman says the government cannot tolerate the protests for long.
Suleiman made the remark as over 50,000 protesters on Tuesday blocked newly-appointed Premier Ahmed Shafiq from entering his office in the Egyptian capital, calling for his immediate resignation and those of all the others in the cabinet.
Huge crowds on Tuesday also marched to the Interior Ministry and the parliament building in the capital despite the government's promises of constitutional reform and an increase in wages for public sector workers.
Suleiman has also announced that the government has a plan and a timetable for a peaceful transfer of power.
Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria, was also the scene of popular rallies against the regime. Many protesters are angry at the US stance toward the ongoing uprising in their country.
Thousands of Egyptian workers have gone on strike in the cities of Suez and Ismailia.
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Feb. 9, 2011