A youth looks out from a burnt vehicle in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests.

Children duck from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes with protesters in Mahalla City, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)Women look at burnt documents in a classroom of a junior high school in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

Women look into a damaged classroom of a junior high school in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests.

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A student removes shards of a broken window in his classroom at a junior high school in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests.

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An activist and a colleague of detainees, who were detained for taking part in anti-government demonstrations on Sunday, clashes with riot police in front of a court in Cairo April 7, 2008. Many of the almost 200 detainees arrested on Sunday are awaiting the prosecutors' decision to remand or release them. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT)

Riot police takes positions on the streets of Mahalla el-Kubra, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo April 6, 2008. More than 100 people were injured in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday when Egyptian police fought street battles with workers who tried to go on strike for more pay to compensate for higher prices, witnesses said.

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Youths are seen in a burnt room of a junior high school in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests.

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Israa Abdel Fatah (R), who was detained for taking part in an anti-government demonstration on Sunday, cries as she hugs a relative before getting into a police truck in front of a court in Cairo April 7, 2008. Many of the almost 200 detainees arrested on Sunday are awaiting the prosecutors' decision to remand or release them.

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Students removes shards of broken window from their classroom in a junior high school in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests.

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A youth stands in a damaged classroom of a junior high school in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests.

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A relative of a protester, who was detained for taking part in an anti-government demonstration on Sunday, cries during clashes between relatives and riot police in front of a court in Cairo April 7, 2008. Many of almost 200 detainees arrested on Sunday are awaiting the prosecutors' decision to remand or release them.

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A woman stands in a damaged classroom of a junior high school in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests.

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Friends and relatives of a woman, who was detained for taking part in an anti-government demonstration on Sunday, talk to her as she waits in a police truck in front of a court in Cairo April 7, 2008. Many of the almost 200 detainees arrested on Sunday are awaiting the prosecutors' decision to remand or release them. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT)

Riot police takes positions on the streets of Mahalla el-Kubra, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo April 6, 2008. More than 100 people were injured in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday when Egyptian police fought street battles with workers who tried to go on strike for more pay to compensate for higher prices, witnesses said.

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People stand near a burnt vehicle in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests.

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A boy carries damaged books in an elementary school in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests.

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Youths carry a damaged metal table in a junior high school in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests.

REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

Riot police takes positions on the streets of Mahalla el-Kubra, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo April 6, 2008. More than 100 people were injured in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday when Egyptian police fought street battles with workers who tried to go on strike for more pay to compensate for higher prices, witnesses said.

REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

A man rides a donkey cart past riot police in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests.

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A man stands in a damaged classroom of a junior high school in Mahalla city, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests.

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Protesters clash with riot police in Mahalla City, about 110 km (68 miles) north of Cairo, April 7, 2008. Egyptian police fought battles through the streets of Mahalla el-Kubra with the protesters, led by textile workers who tried to go on strike for more pay to compensate for inflation. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)