HOUSTON (AP) - Dozens of people held a peaceful protest outside
the Egyptian consulate in Houston Friday chanting, "Free, free
Egypt now."

The demonstrators came as protesters in Egypt engulfed the
country in chaos and President Hosni Mubarak fired his cabinet.
Pouring onto the streets after Friday noon prayers, protesters
ignored extreme government measures that included cutting off the
Internet and mobile-phone services in Cairo and other areas,
calling the army into the streets and imposing a nationwide
nighttime curfew.
 

In Houston on Friday afternoon, on the sidewalk outside the
consulate, many waved Egyptian flags or held up signs that read
"No Justice No Peace," "Constitutional Reform" and
"Democracy."