Along the way, we were shown several demonstration buildings on which they had practiced their newly acquired construction skills.
Protesters and political activists said that they expected that the clashes would prompt large-scale demonstrations on Friday, which has become the unofficial day of protest in Egypt.
The demonstrations on Sunday – which reached all 26 states and the federal district – were expected to be bigger than similar rallies last year.
For example, Sugru, the mouldable glue company, could make it part of its deal with the US home improvement retailer Home Depot to do demonstrations on YouTube, which has a huge DIY community with lots of well-known personalities.
The moves, which came amid reports of new protests in the predominantly Druse city of Sweida, appeared to be part of an effort to head off demonstrations on Friday, which has emerged as the day of the largest antigovernment protests of the week in Syria and other Arab countries.
In a demonstration on Sunday, which drew almost double the number of people expected, organizers repeatedly called the provincial government undemocratic, noting that the separatist Parti Quebecois had held two referendums on independence, but refuses to hold referendums on municipal mergers.
At an anti-austerity demonstration on June 20, which attracted thousands of largely peaceful protestors, the equipment detected a mobile phone tower that appeared to be moving. .
The police officers, dressed in black and bearing shields and riot gear, moved in on a small encampment of protesters left over from a massive demonstration on Friday, which had brought liberal revolutionaries together with Salafist Muslims to object to continuing repression by the temporary military council now ruling this country.
The shooting in Baton Rouge happened along the same street on which demonstrations had raged in recent days over the fatal shooting by police of Alton Sterling, an African American CD-seller they had pinned down outside a shop, after reports that he had threatened someone.
Masri fans fuelled the flames by waving flags during demonstrations since the incident on which was inscribed: "They imprisoned my family and brothers for the sake of Ahly," according to Al Ahram.
