Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi returned to work at the presidential palace in Cairo this morning despite a continuing protest outside.
Morsi left the complex through a back gate Tuesday night as tens of thousands of protesters pushed through a barricade and approached the palace. Officials say the president used an exit he routinely uses and left at the end of his working day.
At one point during the protest, police fired tear gas at the crowd. A brief outburst of violence left 18 people wounded, none seriously, according to the official MENA news agency.
There are reports as many as 100,000 protesters had gathered to demand that Morsi rescind decrees that place him above judicial oversight. By morning, a few dozen opposition supporters remained camped out in front of the palace's main gate.
The president's Nov. 22 decrees and the adoption by Morsi's allies of a controversial draft constitution have plunged Egypt into its worst political crisis since Hosni Mubarak was overthrown as president nearly two years ago.
Secular politicians fear the Islamist-dominated panel that is drafting the constitution will produce a draft that infringes on the rights of women and religious minorities.
"Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood have been banished to the political sidelines for eight decades now. They aren't going to be quick to rescind any power whatsoever, and so we are looking at more volatility and a stand-off, because this president does not appear willing to yield to these enormous protests that took place last night," CBC's David Common reported from Cairo.
Anti-Morsi protesters chant slogans in Tahrir Square in Cairo while a sit-in continues outside the presidential palace. (Maya Alleruzzo/Associated Press) Five Egyptian satellite stations Wednesday announced plans to strike as part of the protest. ONTV, Dream, Capital Broadcasting Center, Al-Hayat and Al-Nahar stations said they will stop broadcasting from 6 p.m. to midnight local time.
"We are protesting against the lack of freedom for the media and recent efforts to silence journalists," said Mohamed Bassiouni, executive producer at ONTV.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Egypt's unrest shows the urgent need for dialogue between the government and opposition on reshaping a constitution.
Speaking at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Clinton said the U.S. wants to see a constitution emerge that protects the rights of all Egyptians -- men and women, and Christian and Muslim.
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