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Nine Injured at Egypt Clashes

Gunmen fire at Cairo protesters.

Nine people were injured on Tuesday when masked gunmen opened fire and threw gas bombs at the protesters in Tahrir Square—while President Mohamed Morsi’s main opposition called for more demonstrations in the wake of the constitutional vote this weekend. For the first time since protests started on Nov. 23, police cars surrounded the capital, and supporters of Morsi’s Islamist regime began arriving in the area. Protests erupted after Morsi announced plans to ban all legal opposition, and although he has backtracked on that decree, demonstrations have continued as the government prepares for a snap referendum on the Constitution.