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Strikes for higher wages spread

Published:Friday | February 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Journalists hold placards as they demonstrate across the street from Egypt's embassy in central London on Wednesday. The protest organized by the National Union of Journalists called for the protection of journalists in Egypt where six have been killed and many more injured covering events on the streets of Cairo and the rest of the country.

CAIRO (AP):

Egypt's state news agency says that worker strikes have spread across the Nile Delta and southern Egypt, increasing pressure on the country's military-backed interim government.

Notaries in the Delta province of Kafr el-Sheikh went on strike yesterday, joining pharmacists, doctors and factory workers who have been protesting across much of the country for the past month, calling for higher salaries.

In the Southern city of Assiut, security officials said police officers briefly went on strike to protest a decision to extend the workday from eight to 12 hours. Police officers face a growing threat as attacks on police stations have spiked following the July ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

Security officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to speak to journalists.