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Backers, opponents of Egypt president scuffle

Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi smiles during a meeting with IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (not pictured) at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, August 22, 2012. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

CAIRO (Reuters) – Rival groups of demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, some protesting against Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and others supporting him, scuffled and hurled stones at each other on Friday.

Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi smiles during a meeting with IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (not pictured) at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, August 22, 2012. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

A Reuters television reporter said that, as well as throwing stones, some members of the rival groups wielded sticks and charged each other. Some brief pushing and shoving earlier in the square had been quickly stopped by other demonstrators in each group.

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