PORT SAID, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces battled stone-throwing youths in the Suez Canal city of Port Said on Tuesday while in Cairo even police staged a protest, reflecting a country beset by discontent over a host of grievances.
By far the most serious trouble was in Port Said, at the canal's northern entrance, where police shot into the air and fired teargas during clashes with hundreds of protesters in a third day of unrest.
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