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Hundreds injured in fresh Egypt clashes

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Hundreds of people were injured on Wednesday as Egyptian police clashed with anti-government protesters in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, al Jazeera TV reported.

Hundreds of people were injured on Wednesday as Egyptian police clashed with anti-government protesters in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, al Jazeera TV reported.

Tahrir Square was the focus of February's uprising that forced President Hosni Mubarak from power.

The fresh protests, which started late on Tuesday when police cleared a sit-in at the state TV building by families of those killed in the February events, are calling on the ruling military council to expedite the prosecution of former officials and speed up reform.

The police used tear gas to disperse the protesters, leaving nearly 600 injured.

In a statement posted on Facebook, the authorities said the new clashes were part of larger efforts to "undermine the stability and security in the country."

"The regrettable events that have been taking place at Tahrir Square since last night and till dawn today have no justification except to undermine the stability and security in Egypt according to a calculated and coordinated plan," the statement said.

Mubarak is currently in a military hospital awaiting trial on charges of ordering the murders of protesters during February's uprising. His sons, Alaa and Gamal, will also go on trial on August 3.

Last week, former Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid was given a five-year jail term in absentia for siphoning off public funds. Former Finance Minister Yussef Boutros Ghali was sentenced to 30 years in prison in absentia for large-scale graft earlier this month.

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