Protests by teenage school students over sexual rumours about young teenage girls spread on photo-sharing service Instagram have turned violent after police intervened.
Egypt’s opposition coalition, the National Salvation Front, will boycott Saturday’s scheduled referendum on a new constitution amid protests against the country’s newly elected president Mohammed Morsi, who is accused of curtailing freedoms and a personal power grab.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has scrapped the wide ranging and controversial decree that gave him any powers to “protect the revolution” after widespread unrest and continuing protests in Tahrir Square.
The protests in Tahrir Square against President Morsi’s constitutional declaration are continuing despite attacks from members of the Muslim Brotherhood and remnants of the Mubarak regime.
Saturday saw around 12,000 demonstrators marching through London to protest against the British government’s support of the Israeli bombardment of…