Violent clashes kick off on the streets of Cairo early on Sunday morning.<br/> <br />Security forces launch tear gas as protesters return fire with stones on the third straight day of protests against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi.<br/> <br />Demonstrators took the streets after Mursi issued a decree granting himself sweeping powers, and forbidding the judiciary from challenging his decisions until a new parliament is elected.<br/> <br />Many in Tahrir Square have accused him of hijacking the revolution, with some describing his as worse than ousted President Hosni Mubarak.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN PROTESTER MOHAMED ABDUL WAHAB, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Hosni Mubarak, with all his arrogance and dictatorial tendencies, never gave himself the power that no one can appeal his decisions."<br/> <br />A camp had been erected in the centre of Tahrir Square where some protesters have remained since thousands demonstrated on Friday.
