DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Egyptian police dispersed exceptionally rare, small street protests that erupted in a northeastern province on Friday and arrested 10 demonstrators, a security official said.
The development an unusual show of defiance in a country that has moved to stamp out nearly all dissent comes one year after allegations of military corruption touched off a wave of anti-government protests in Cairo and several other cities.
According to the official, dozens of residents of Shata, a working-class village in the Mediterranean province of Damietta, joined the protest as they poured out of mosques after Friday midday prayers. The security official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
He did not elaborate on how police managed to quell the protests, beyond…