Egypt crisis: Protests switch to demands on pay

The military council wants people back at work and the economy back on track

Fresh protests and strikes have flared in Egypt as demonstrators demand better pay and conditions from the country's new military rulers.

Bank, transport and tourism workers all demonstrated in Cairo after 18 days of protests
succeeded in removing President Hosni Mubarak.
The military did finally clear Cairo's Tahrir Square of protesters but hundreds later returned.
They included police wanting to show solidarity with the movement.
Most of the thousands of protesters in the square had left on Sunday after welcoming the announcement by the new ruling military council that it would dissolve parliament and suspend the constitution.
'Honour the martyrs' The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says there appears to be a whole series of mini-revolutions going on in the wake of the removal of Mr Mubarak and that the big challenge now facing the military rulers may be staving off a wave of strikes.
The ruling military council has urged people to return to work to try to get the country back to normal.
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