Tahrir Live Blog

Tens of thousands of people are still arriving in Cairo's Tahrir square, our correspondent Mike Hanna reports. The square is already packed with protesters and people who celebrate to one-year anniversary of the revolution.

Egypt's Prime Minister says fighting since Friday between protesters and soldiers is an attack on the country's revolution.
 
Eight people have been killed and hundreds injured in street battles., since renewed fighting erupted between protesters and security forces again on Saturday, as the streets leading to the parliament building and nearby Tahrir Square.

Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from Cairo.

The Muslim Brotherhood said the parliament that emerges from Egypt's landmark elections should form a government, setting the stage for possible confrontation between Islamists and the ruling generals who have only just named a new prime minister. 

The results of the first phase of the three-stage poll which could bring the Muslim Brotherhood closer to power were due to start coming out on Wednesday, but the military council which took over from ousted President Hosni Mubarak has yet to step aside. 

Millions of voters went to the polls in a mostly peaceful two-day vote, though the calm was shattered on Tuesday night when nearly 80 people were wounded in violence focused around a Cairo sit-in protest by activists demanding an end to army rule. 

The election for Egypt's lower house is due to conclude in early January but early results were expected to trickle out on Wednesday after a high turnout and only minor infringements were reported. [Reuters]

Thousands of people continued their sit-in of Tahrir on Saturday night, though numbers appeared slightly smaller than they had been over the past several days, Al Jazeera's Malika Bilal reported from Cairo. The mood, however, remained defiant, with groups of protesters erupting into spontaneous chants against the military. 

Amid the crowd, food vendors hawked their offerings of tea and desserts, while bands of young men shot off firecrackers.

The almost-festive atmosphere shifted dramatically just a few streets away, where a couple hundred activists rallied in front of parliament. Many of the protesters mourned the death of Ahmed Sayed Sorour, a demonstrator who was killed earlier on Saturday when he was run over by a police vehicle.

"No to Tantawi, no to Ganzouri!" the protesters chanted in reference to Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) head Field Marshal, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and Kamal El-Ganzouri, the new prime minister.