At least 4 dead as Egyptians mark 2nd anniversary of uprising with protests http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egyptians-mark-2nd-anniversary-of-uprising-with-protests-violence/2013/01/25/9d8bde76-6718-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_story.html … #Egypt #Jan25
Egyptians mark second anniversary of uprising with protests, violence
The Washington Post 
The scenes in Cairo’s Tahrir Square recalled earlier protests that have punctuated the months of turbulence since Mubarak’s ouster. During the day, activists hoisted banners and called for the downfall of the government — now under the leadership of President Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist backed by the powerful Muslim Brotherhood.
But nightfall saw the clashes grow more violent, as protesters hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at police barricades and government buildings and were met by thundering barrages of tear-gas fire.
The protests underscored the deep national divide that has persisted since the ratification of a new, Islamist-backed constitution last month, which critics say provided for a stricter interpretation of Islamic law.
It also exposed the divergent tactics employed by the ascendant Islamists and their disparate opposition in the run-up to spring parliamentary elections.
As young men battled police on the edges of Tahrir Square and outside the state television building and the presidential palace on Friday, Morsi’s backers in the Muslim Brotherhood embarked on the third day of a nationwide charity initiative titled “Let’s Build Egypt,” involving tree planting, school construction and the provision of food and medical care to the poor.
“We think this is the best way to do what we can for our country. They have their thoughts, and we have ours,” said Haitham al-Melah, a Brotherhood member who was helping to run one of the group’s wholesale food markets in a poor Cairo neighborhood Friday. “Protesting accomplishes some work, but the actual work needs to be done in every field.”
