CAIRO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Egypt's government said on Wednesday it would not allow any demonstrations and protesters would be detained, as it sought to draw a line under the biggest protests of President Hosni Mubarak's rule.
Two protesters and one policeman were killed in clashes that erupted on Tuesday in several Egyptian cities.
"No provocative movements or protest gatherings or organising marches or demonstrations will be allowed, and immediate legal procedures will be taken and participants will be handed over to investigating authorities," the state news agency MENA cited the Interior Ministry as saying.
Some 20,000 demonstrators, complaining of poverty, corruption and repression and inspired by this month's downfall of the president of Tunisia, turned out to demand Mubarak step down.
Police used teargas to break up the protests and calm had returned to Cairo and other cities by Wednesday morning. (Reporting by Shaimaa Fayed, editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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