MIDDLE EAST VIEW - Egypt, Morsi Supporters

"Clashes erupt as Morsi supporters march" Al Jazerra 8/13/2013

Clashes have broken out in central Cairo when supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi came under attack as they marched to the interior ministry.

Supporters of the new military-installed government hurled stones at the marchers and threw bottles at them from balconies on Tuesday, witnesses said.  Police then fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.

Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh, reporting from Cairo, said Morsi supporters had taken their protests to key government buildings in the center of the capital.

"There were scuffles at least at three different points between protester groups after Morsi supporters surrounded some of the government buildings.  They have been throwing bottles and rocks to each other," our correspondent said.

A few thousand pro-Morsi protesters were taking part in the march when the scuffles began.

Local residents taunted them, calling them terrorists and saying they were not welcome before throwing stones at them, the Reuters news agency reported.  Morsi's supporters also responded by hurling rocks.

Women and children fled the scene in panic, and two men wielding machetes were seen chasing marchers, Reuters said.

Ten people were injured in fighting in front of the ministry of endowment between local residents and pro-Morsi Muslim scholars working in the ministry, according to the field hospital at Rabaa al-Adaweya, where Morsi supporters are camped out.

"The pro-Morsi march that was heading to the Presidential Palace is now back in the Rabaa al-Adaweya sit-in after protesting there for around 40 minutes," Al Jazeera's Heba Fahmy reported from Cairo.  "No incidents took place, according to the Anti-Coup Alliance media center."

Also 12 Morsi supporters were arrested during the fighting at the Ministry of Endowments.  They were accused of trying to break into the ministry and attacking the ministry's security and government employees.

Morsi supporters also protested in front of several ministries including the ministries of labor and electricity.

Meanwhile, 25 new governors appointed by the interim government were sworn in.

Interim President Adly Mansour held a meeting with the governors and called on them to find "creative solutions" to facilitate the people's lives and grant a bigger role to civil society.

Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh said the swearing-in of governors was a message by the interim government that it is not backing down from pursuing its road map.

Protest call

Supporters of the deposed president called for more mass demonstrations on Tuesday.

The so-called "Anti-Coup Alliance," which supports Morsi, called for a "million-man demonstration" after the judiciary said on Monday that it was extending his detention for a further 15 days, pending an investigation into his alleged collaboration with the Palestinian group Hamas.

The ongoing standoff with the army-backed interim government, which has threatened to disperse the two Cairo sit-ins where thousands of pro-Morsi protesters have been camped out for over a month, has caused worry among the international community.

Egyptian authorities postponed a move to disperse two Cairo sit-ins on Monday to "avoid bloodshed,'' security sources said.

The protesters are calling for the reinstatement of Morsi, who was overthrown by the military on July 3 and is now being held at an undisclosed location.