Clashes in Egypt with anti Morsi protesters

(Vatican Radio) More than 100,000 Egyptians protested outside the presidential palace in Cairo yesterday, fueling tensions over Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi's seizure of nearly unrestricted powers and the adoption by his allies of a controversial draft constitution. Egyptian police fired tear gas at protestors gathered outside the presidential palace in Cairo.
Thousands more also took to the streets of Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria.
The demonstrators feel that the government of President Mohammed Morsi is rushing a referendum on a new constitution.
While Washington is keeping a close eye on the situation in Egypt, U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner says, the protestors have a right to be heard.
Morsi was in the presidential palace conducting business as usual as the protesters gathered outside. But an official said he left the building as the crowds continued to swell.
The large turnout in Tuesday's protests has been dubbed ``The Last Warning'' by organizers.
A week ago 200,000 protesters marched on Cairo's Tahrir Square and a comparable number took up their places there on Friday to demand that Morsi rescind the decrees. Listen