CAIRO - In an apparent concession to protesters occupying Cairo's Tahrir Square, Egypt's interim military council has announced that some of the Provincial Governors appointed by deposed President Hosni Mubarak would be removed soon. Replacement of Mubarak-appointed Governors was one of the demands of the pro-democracy protesters. The announcement broadcast by the state television on Saturday follows an Army move to clear the square of protesters in which at least one person was killed and dozens injured. The military warned that it would use force to clear the area "to ensure life goes back to normal" in Egypt. "Tahrir Square will be emptied of protesters with firmness and force to ensure life goes back to normal," Major-General Adel Emarah of the military council told the media adding that the Army was "ready to use force" to clear the square and allow normal life to resume. Protesters demanding the prosecution of Mubarak for corruption resorted to violence when the Army tried to enforce an overnight curfew. Some of them continue to occupy the square, which was sealed off with barbed wire and closed to the usually busy traffic of the beginning of Egypt's work week on Sunday. Relations between the military and the protesters are getting soured with the latter calling for speedy reforms promised by the interim council when it took control of the administration after the exit of Mubarak in February.
