WORLD IN BRIEF : EGYPT : One Killed as Police Fire on Protesters
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Egyptian police opened fire to disperse Muslim fundamentalist demonstrators, killing one person and arresting 12, security sources said. According to the sources, police used firearms after militants ignored orders to end the protest in the town of Asyut in Upper Egypt.
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