“No provocative movements or protest gatherings or organizing marches or demonstrations will be allowed,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement…

Despite the protesters’ call for a second day of demonstrations, Tahrir Square in central Cairo was clogged with normal traffic at midday, watched by dozens of security officers in armored personnel carriers.

Elsewhere in the city, the authorities seemed prepared for fresh protests and troop carriers were stationed in front of government buildings and in working-class neighborhoods…

On Wednesday, smaller demonstrations were reported in Cairo and elsewhere. At Cairo’s press and lawyer’s syndicate buildings, more than 100 protesters chanted slogans at hundreds of security officers. “You’re protecting thieves,” they said.