Thousands protest in Egypt's Tahrir against army rule

Over 50,000 Egyptian protesters flocked to Cairo's Tahrir square on Friday to pressure the military government to transfer power to elected civilian rule, after the cabinet tried to enshrine the army's role in a constitutional proposal.

The protesters, mostly bearded men and veiled women, sang religious chants before Friday prayers while others handed out flyers demanding the withdrawal of the constitutional proposal and presidential elections be held no later than April 2012. The mass rally recalled the demonstrations in Tahrir square during the 18-day bloody uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 18. (Reuters)