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Protesters
clamoured for a boost to Egypt’s minimum wage on yesterday, the latest
in a series of demonstrations demanding help for millions of poor
Egyptians and greater political freedom in a tightly controlled nation.

At least 500
protesters from labour unions, state workers and opposition groups
gathered at Egypt’s cabinet building a day after world Workers’ Day,
demanding a rise in the minimum wage which has been set at 35 Egyptian
pounds a month since 1984.

Analysts have been
watching to see if a spate of recent protests, still small by world
standards, can gain the momentum and broader support to challenge a
political landscape dominated for almost three decades by President
Hosni Mubarak.