Breaking News - Violence returns to Tahrir as Egypt marks revolution

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Mohamed Abd El Ghany / ReutersAn anti-Morsi demonstrator tries to escape from a tent set on fire by riot police at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday.By Ahmed el-Shemi and Tom Perry, ReutersCAIRO -- Hundreds of youths clashed with Egyptian police in Tahrir Square on Friday in a violent start to the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and led to the election of an Islamist president who is now the focus of protester rage.

Opponents of President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood allies are expected to mass in Tahrir Square later on Friday to revive the demands of a revolution that they say has been betrayed by the Islamists.

The square was calm by daybreak, following early morning battles between police and protesters who threw Molotov cocktails and firecrackers as they tried to approach a wall blocking access to government buildings near the square.

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