Islamic trend's demonstration in Cairo

Students of Cairo university who belong to the Islamic trend demonstrated before Cairo University, demanding the abrogation of the state of emergency and introduction of a political reform.

The students raised slogans, chanted by the banned Muslim Brothers groups, demanding a comprehensive change of the constitution. The demonstration of the Islamic trend today came following demonstrations by the Muslim Brothers in Cairo on Sunday, foiled by the authorities and scores of its members were arrested.

Concerning these developments in the Egyptian street, the chairman of the American foreign relations council Richard Haas expressed his country's concern over what he called the rhythm and the attitude of the internal political reforms in Egypt.

Haas described after his meeting in Cairo with the Egyptian Foreign minister Ahmad Abu al-Ghait relations between the two countries as good despite problems.