Mideast Egypt Strike
Egyptian riot police beat a protester with batons, during anti government protests in the city of Mahalla, Egypt, Monday, April 7, 2008. Police fired tear gas and beat protesters Monday, and demonstrators angry over rising prices and low wages tore down a billboard of Egypt's president in a second day of violence in a northern Egyptian city. The clashes began when several hundred young men massed in the main square of the Nile Delta city of Mahalla al-Kobra. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

