As tens of thousands pour into Tahrir in preparation for a million-man march, and as demonstrations erupt throughout the country, Ahram Online provides a blow-by-blow account of a new day in Egypt's ongoing revolution 14:35 Women protesters in Tahrir plan a thousand-woman march to form a buffer-zone in Mohamed Mahmoud street, where the clashes are ongoing between protesters and police forces since Saturday. 14:33 Protesters in Tahrir hold a funeral procession for one of the martyrs, carrying his coffin from Omar Makram mosque and circling the square. 14:20 The Revolution Union announces it no longer recognises SCAF. The Union, which was formed by a number of youth groups and political figures after the ouster on Mubarak in February, demanded in a statement it issued today that SCAF should to transfer power to a national salvation government fully empowered to run the transitional period, until a new president is elected. The statement said SCAF's hands are "drenched with Egyptian blood." 14:14 The military has put up barbed wire barriers in the streets leading to the Ministry of Interior, in an attempt to separate protesters and police. Security forces have appealed to the protesters to evacuate the areas surrounding the ministry. 14:00 Famous Egyptian blogger Mahmoud Salem, @Sandmonkey, just tweeted the following: Guys, if u r in #heliopolis and want to buy helmets and masks, head to midan elgame3, haroun st. #tahrir plz rt. 13:45 @e-Socialists on Twitter: Mass rallies in the Delta city of Mansoura chanting "Down with miitary rule". 13:36 March of 1,500 Egyptians and Syrian residents arrive at the square chanting against both Tantawi and Bashar Al-Assad. 13: 25 Thousands of Cairo University students are marching on their way to Tahrir square. They are chanting slogans calling for Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and his Supreme Military Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to leave. The January revolution iconic chant "The people want the overthrow of the regime" has been revived, chanted by the Cairo University students Other planned marches are set to move from Shubra, Mustafa Mahmoud Square, Ain Shams University and Giza Square at 3pm, to head for Tahrir, which they expect to reach sometime around 4pm. 13:18 Suez activists prepare to gather at Arba'een Square to join in the million man march. In the city of Damietta, a mass rally is set to start at 4:30pm in Al-Sa'a Square. 13:15 Tweets coming out of Tahrir say they have sufficient medical supplies for now, but need food, blankets, water and juice, tweeted by @AyaShetta. 13:10 In Alexandria, protesters gather in front of Al-Qaed Ibrahim mosque in to prepare for today's million man march in Egypt's second largest city. The city has witnessed massive demonstrations against SCAF in the past two days. Monday evening thousands held an angry rally outside of the army's headquarters in the city. Revolutionaries buried Bahaa El-Senoussi, a member of the Revolutionary Youth Coalition, who was killed on Sunday by a bullet fired by police. Reporters expect thousands to join the gathering and a march on the military's headquarters is set for 4pm. 13:11 Reports from medical sources in Tahrir say 500 injured during the past two hours, at a rate of one injured every 5 seconds. 12:30 Tahrir square is now filling up with demonstrators entering from all directions to join a million man march set for 4pm to demand that the ruling military council hand power to a civilian government. The number has jumped to 20,000 people up from a few thousands just 2 hours ago. Hundreds of thousands are expected to be in the square by the early hours of the evening to demand an end to military rule, the ousting of the 8-months old government of prime minister Essam Sharaf, and the formation of a national salvation government. Ahram Online reporters confirm that the Central Security Forces (CSF) is still firing tear gas at thousands of protesters who have packed Mohamed Mahmoud street running off the square and leading to the Interior Ministry. Protesters are continuing to pull wounded comrades out of the street that witnessed round-the-clock bloody battles for 3 days straight. Doctors at the field hospital in the central island of the square say that they are confronting a new type of tear gas which is resistant to traditional methods of treatment. Meanwhile, protesters are setting up tents in the central island in what appears to be preparatory work for a sit-in that would outlast today's demonstration. Banners are flying around the island demanding a civilian government, and the end of military rule. Ahram Online reporters are on the ground and will update readers of all major developments in the square as the day unfolds. Please, refresh page for the latest!
