Protestors throw stones at a train during clashes with riot police in Mahalla City about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

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Egyptian men run away from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Mahalla City, about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

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An Egyptian women throws stones during clashes with riot police in Mahalla City about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

Protestor's clash with riot police in Mahalla City about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

An Egyptian man is carried away after being injured during clashes with riot police in Mahalla City about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

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Protestor's clash with riot police in Mahalla City about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

An Egyptian burns a fire during clashes with riot police in Mahalla City about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

A Protestor attacks a telephone box during clashes with riot police in Mahalla City about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

A Protestor falls to the ground during clashes with riot police in Mahalla City about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

Egyptian activists shout slogans during a protest outside the lawyers' syndicate in downtown Cairo, after it was hit by a strong sandstorm, on April 6, 2008. Egyptian authorities arrested 95 people including politicians and bloggers on Sunday for inciting unrest by calling for a general strike around the country, a security official told AFP.

(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)

Protestors clash with riot police in Mahalla City about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

Protestors clash with riot police in Mahalla City about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

An Egyptian man is helped away after being injured during clashes with riot police in Mahalla City about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

Egyptian riot police use tear gas to disperse protesters during clashes in Mahalla City about 110 km (68miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

Egyptian riot police stand behind an Egyptian flag during a protest in Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Amr Dalsh (EGYPT)

An Egyptian demonstrator waves the national flag at the Lawyers Syndicate during a protest in Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Amr Dalsh (EGYPT)
Egyptian activists are surrounded by anti-riot soldiers during an anti-government demonstration at the lawyers syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday April 6, 2008. Many citizens in the Egyptian capital Cairo responded to activists' calls for nationwide action by skipping work or school to protest deteriorating economic conditions. (AP Photo/Hossam Ali)An Egyptian demonstrator clashes with plain-clothed policemen during a protest in Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers. REUTERS/Amr Dalsh (EGYPT)

Egyptians drive their cars on a bridge over the Nile River in Cairo during a sand storm. Egyptian authorities have arrested 40 people including politicians and bloggers for inciting unrest by calling for a general strike around the country, a security official has told AFP.

(AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Egyptian women work at the Mahalla al-Kobra textile plant at the city of Mahalla, Egypt Sunday, April 6, 2008. Egyptian security forces prevented workers from carrying out a planned strike Sunday at Egypt's largest state-owned textile factory following government warnings against the protest.

(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

An Egyptian demonstrator clashes with riot police during a protest in Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Amr Dalsh (EGYPT)

An Egyptian demonstrator chants anti-government slogans through the gate of the Lawyers Syndicate during a protest in Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Amr Dalsh (EGYPT)

An elderly Egyptian man walks by closed shops in the city of Mahalla, Egypt, Sunday, April 6, 2008. Egyptian security forces prevented workers from carrying out a planned strike Sunday at Egypt's largest state-owned textile factory following government warnings against the protest.

(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Egyptian women work at the Mahalla al-Kobra textile plant at the city of Mahalla, Egypt Sunday, April 6, 2008. Egyptian security forces prevented workers from carrying out a planned strike Sunday at Egypt's largest state-owned textile factory following government warnings against the protest.

(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Children walk by closed shops in an empty road at the city of Mahalla, Egypt, Sunday, April 6, 2008. Egyptian security forces prevented workers from carrying out a planned strike Sunday at Egypt's largest state-owned textile factory following government warnings against the protest.

(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Closed shops in an empty road are seen in the city of Mahalla, Egypt, Sunday, April 6, 2008. Egyptian security forces prevented workers from carrying out a planned strike Sunday at Egypt's largest state-owned textile factory following government warnings against the protest.

(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

An Egyptian activist waves an Egyptian flag during an anti-government protest at the lawyers syndicate in central Cairo, Egypt, Sunday April 6, 2008. Many citizens in the Egyptian capital Cairo responded to activists' calls for nationwide action by skipping work or school to protest deteriorating economic conditions.

(AP Photo/Amr Sharaf)

An Egyptian man walks past riot police vehicles in Cairo April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of the intended strikes by textile workers.

REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT)

Egyptians protest in front of the lawyers syndicate in Cairo April 6, 2008. Many Egyptian citizens in Cairo responded to activists' calls for nationwide action against law wages and price increase.

REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT)

Egyptian girls walk past riot police in Cairo, April 6, 2008. The Egyptian government deployed heavy security presence to prevent widespread protests in the capital in support of textile workers' intended strikes.

REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT)

A view of Cairo as a sandstorm hits the city April 6, 2008.

Egyptian anti-riot soldiers line up in front of the lawyers syndicate where an anti-government protest take place in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday April 6, 2008. Many citizens in the Egyptian capital Cairo responded to activists' calls for nationwide action by skipping work or school to protest deteriorating economic conditions.

Egyptian activists are surrounded by anti-riot soldiers during an anti-government protest at the lawyers syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday April 6, 2008. Many citizens in the Egyptian capital Cairo responded to activists' calls for nationwide action by skipping work or school to protest deteriorating economic conditions.

Egyptian women protest during an anti-government demonstration at the lawyers syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday April 6, 2008. Many citizens in the Egyptian capital Cairo responded to activists' calls for nationwide action by skipping work or school to protest deteriorating economic conditions. Arabic poster read as ' April 6 General Strike'.

Egyptians protest in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday April 6, 2008, many citizens in the Egyptian capital Cairo responded to activists' calls for nationwide action by skipping work or school to protest deteriorating economic conditions. Arabic poster read as ' April 6 general strike'.

An Egyptian activist protests during an anti-government demonstration at the lawyers syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday April 6, 2008. Many citizens in the Egyptian capital Cairo responded to activists' calls for nationwide action by skipping work or school to protest deteriorating economic conditions.

Egyptian riot police secure the gate of a textile factory in Mahalla el-Kubra, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. Egyptian security forces thwarted plans for a strike by about 20,000 textile workers in the Nile Delta on Sunday when hundreds of plainclothes agents took control of the factory, worker activists told Reuters.

Egyptian riot police secure the gate of a textile factory in Mahalla el-Kubra, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. Egyptian security forces thwarted plans for a strike by about 20,000 textile workers in the Nile Delta on Sunday when hundreds of plainclothes agents took control of the factory, worker activists told Reuters.

A youth balances a tray of bread on his shoulder in Cairo February 6, 2008. Egyptians have been suffering from a bread crisis as queues to buy subsidised bread have lengthened in recent months. President Hosni Mubarak has vowed to end the phenomenon of bread lines. Picture taken February 6, 2008.

Egyptian men wait in a line in front of a bakery for free bread in Mahalla City, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. Egypt has for decades provided cheap bread for the poor as an expensive but essential component of its economic policy because it enables millions to survive on low salaries and wards off political discontent. But bread lines have lengthened in recent months as costs of other non-subsidised Egyptian staples soared, forcing more reliance on a subsidy regime that depends heavily on costly imported wheat and is also strained by a thriving black market.

Egyptian men wait in a line in front of a bakery for free bread in Mahalla City, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. Egypt has for decades provided cheap bread for the poor as an expensive but essential component of its economic policy because it enables millions to survive on low salaries and wards off political discontent. But bread lines have lengthened in recent months as costs of other non-subsidised Egyptian staples soared, forcing more reliance on a subsidy regime that depends heavily on costly imported wheat and is also strained by a thriving black market.

An Egyptian woman carring bread in the populous district of Bulaq in Cairo. The Egyptian interior ministry has warned it will take firm action against anyone protesting or striking, in response to calls for a general strike the following day.