EGYPT: Muslim Brotherhood Web staff arrested

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The editor of the website of the Muslim Brotherhood, the lead opposition group in Egypt, told the Associated Press that policemen stormed the group’s Cairo office Friday.

Abdel-Galil el-Sharnoubi told the AP that Egyptian police arrested 10 to 15 of the group’s journalists.

Eyewitnesses later saw those arrested taken to the Interior Ministry, according to CNN reports.

-- Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday. Tens of thousands packed central Cairo on Friday, waving flags and singing the national anthem. Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP