Reuters July 16, 2013 - 01:30 By Ulf Laessing and Mike Collett-White CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police and protesters clashed in central Cairo early on Tuesday after fights broke out between supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and locals angered when they tried to block major thoroughfares crossing the River Nile. The MENA state news agency said at least 22 people were injured in the violence, which began just after 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Monday and lasted into the early hours of Tuesday. The clashes were smaller and more localised than the earlier deadly unrest since Mursi was deposed by the military on July 3, and most of Cairo was unaffected. Still, after a week of...
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