The death toll from clashes between protesters and police in Egypt over the past three days has climbed to 33, morgue officials told AFP today.

The health ministry has confirmed 22 of the deaths.

Hundreds have also been injured during the protests that broke out in Cairo, Alexandria and the canal city of Suez.

Police have been locked in violent confrontations with protesters demanding the end of military rule, with numbers of demonstrators swelling today in Tahrir Square -- the symbolic heart of demonstrations that toppled Hosni Mubarak in February.

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