

A demonstrator looks on with a sticker reading 'I am against the military courts for civilians' taped over his mouth at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sept. 30. Several thousand Egyptians are protesting against the country's military rulers' decision to retain the much-hated emergency laws used throughout the reign of ousted President Hosni Mubarak to give police almost unquestionable powers to operate. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Egyptian demonstrators chant slogans as they attend a protest at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sept. 30. The sign at right reads in Arabic: 'Shaab Street' and 'Shaab and Shura Square for the 25th Jan. revolution' and translates as 'People Street' and 'The people and the Upper house of Parliament Square for the 25 Jan revolution.' Khalil Hamra/AP
Egyptian activist Ali Abou Serea symbolically brandishes a noose and a scales of justice during a protest at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sept. 30. Amr Nabil/AP
An Egyptian protester holds a shoe with pictures of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Syrian President Bashar Assad, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, US President Barack Obama, and other leaders at Tahrir Square during a protest against the ruling military council in Cairo on Sept. 30. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Protesters walk past a placard depicting Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi, the head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), at Tahrir Square after Friday prayers in Cairo on Sept. 30. The banner reads 'Unite before the military tanks step on you.' Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
An Egyptian protester shouts slogans during a protest at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sept. 30. Amr Nabil/AP
A protester wears a mask as he gestures during clashes with security forces in Cairo, on June 29. Egyptian security forces clashed for a second day in Cairo with hundreds of youths demanding that the country's military rulers speed up prosecution of police officers accused of brutality during mass protests that forced Hosni Mubarak to step down. AP
Demonstrators are seen through the haze of tear gas during clashes with the Egyptian security close to the interior ministry in Cairo, early in the morning, on June 29. Khalil Hamra/AP
A demonstrator covers his face with a piece of cloth as protection from the tear gas during clashes with the Egyptian security close to the interior ministry in Cairo, early in the morning, on June 29. Khalil Hamra/AP
Demonstrators throw stones during clashes with the Egyptian security close to the interior ministry in Cairo on June 29. Khalil Hamra/AP
Egyptian riot police throw stones at demonstrators during clashes close to the interior ministry in Cairo on June 29. Khalil Hamra/AP
Egyptian riot police and demonstrators throw stones at each other during clashes close to the interior ministry in Cairo on June 29. Khalil Hamra/AP
Members of the Army step in to push protesters far from the Interior Ministry after clashes between protesters and riot police in Cairo on June 29. Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
Protesters use barricades to block the street during clashes with the Egyptian security close to the interior ministry in Cairo on June 29. Khalil Hamra/AP
Protesters stand around a small fire in Tahrir Square in Cairo on June 28. Clashes broke out late on June 28 in a nearby area of Cairo, where families of some of the more than 840 people killed in the uprising that led to Hosni Mubarak's overthrow in February had gathered to honor those killed. Asmaa Waguih/Reuters