CAIRO - The Egyptian capital descended into near-anarchy Friday night, as the government sent riot police, and then the army, to quell protests by tens of thousands of demonstrators determined to push Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from office. Egyptians riot 311 (photo credit: AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Egyptian museum on fire 465 (photo credit: AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Egyptian anti-government protesters in Cairo (photo credit: AP) Egyptian anti-government protesters in Cairo - Gallery (photo credit: AP) Egyptian anti-government protesters in Cairo - Gallery (photo credit: AP) Egyptian anti-government protests fires in Cairo - Gallery (photo credit: AP) Egypt protester kissing cop - Gallery (photo credit: AP) Egypt protesters on a military APC - Gallery (photo credit: AP) Egypt protesters on a military APC - Gallery (photo credit: AP) Egypt protesters on a military APC - Gallery (photo credit: AP) Egypt protesters clash with riot police - Gallery (photo credit: AP) Egyptian protesters set police van on fire - Gallery (photo credit: AP) Egyptian protester with flag, water cannon - Gallery (photo credit: AP) Egyptian protester has his injuries tended to - Gallery (photo credit: AP) By the end of the day-long battle, the protesters were still standing and the police were nowhere to be seen. RELATED:Editorial: A region in ferment'Police open fire as protesters re-gather in Cairo'Mubarak sacks gov't; defends police crackdown on protestersMubarak - who had not spoken publicly since the protests began Tuesday - made a televised speech after midnight, announcing that he had asked his Cabinet to resign. The move fell far short of protesters' demands, and seemed likely to ensure that the anti-government demonstrations that have erupted here would continue.Click here for full Jpost coverage of unrest in Egypt
