Cairo, 29 Jan (EFE).-thousands of Egyptians are massively downtown Cairo Plaza de Tahrir, epicentre of protests in recent days, a clear challenge to the curfew, which began at 4: 00 p.m. local time (14: 00 GMT).
Centre of the city, where tens of thousands of protesters gather is controlled exclusively by the troops of the army, while police monitors only certain specific points.
President Hosni Mubarak clinging Saturday to power in Egypt, in lieu of his Cabinet in an effort to appease the tens of thousands of people protesting to demand that end his 30 year tenure.
Mubarak ordered the eve of troops and tanks deployed in Cairo and other cities in the country and imposed a curfew to quell the protests that rocked the most populous nation in the Arab world, an ally of the United States key.
Although there are dozens dead in clashes Friday, people again to leave the streets Saturday, defy security forces while protesters expressed continue protest until this March Mubarak.
The Egyptian authorities has extended the curfew in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez h (1400 GMT) until the local time of 0800 (0600 GMT).
At least 74 people were killed in demonstrations, according to a compilation made by Reuters based on source medical, hospital and witness statements.
"We ask not change firm, we want to be go Mubarak all more sooner than any other," said Saad Mohamed, a welder for 45 years was among the 2,000 people gathered in the Tahrir square in the Centre of Cairo.
The Egyptian capital was filled with debris after a day of protests in which tens of thousands of people demanded the end of the mandate of Mubarak, an unprecedented for a tightly controlled country.
Government buildings, including the offices of the party in power, were still burning on Saturday to set ablaze by protesters defy curfew for attacking symbols of the mandate of Mubarak.
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