Egyptian protesters flee with gunfire echoing loudly behind them as security forces wielding batons rush crowds in downtown Cairo.<br/> Nine are dead and hundreds more have been injured in bloody street battles over the last two days.<br/> Earlier, Prime Minister Kamal Al-ganzouri called for peace between the two sides.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER, KAMAL ELGANZOURI<br/> "I ask all political forces and youth movements, men and women, all those who were born on Egyptian soil, to unite. Give the government, which fate made me its president, a chance until the end of January until security is restored and the production wheel starts moving again."<br/> He denied that security forces used violence in dealing with protests.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER, KAMAL ELGANZOURI, SAYING:<br/> "I've said this before, we do not respond to any peaceful protests with any kind of violence even with the use of words, and I am committed to this."<br/> On Saturday, protesters attacked government buildings, setting many of them on fire.<br/> Demonstrators claim they were provoked after members of a sit-in were adbucted and beaten by authorities.<br/> The violence comes just days after the second round of Egypt parliamentary elections, touted as the first free polls in decades.<br/> Jessica Gray, Reuters
