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Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in Egypt's second city Alexandria on Tuesday calling for President Hosni Mubarak to quit, hoping to swell their numbers to a million on an eighth day of anger.
A vast crowd of smiling protesters massed in a light-hearted atmosphere in front of Qaed Ibrahim mosque near El-Raml station in the Mediterranean port before marching off down the corniche, an AFP correspondent said.
Organisers of the protests against Mubarak's three-decade rule called for a 'march of a million' in Alexandria after the authorities cancelled all train services in a bid to stymie a similar march in Cairo on Tuesday.
The Alexandria demo took place at the same time as several hundred thousand massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square, all demanding Mubarak stand down.
Many demonstrators waved Egyptian flags, including one scrawled with 'Get out you scum, go be with Zine El Abidine', in reference to Tunisian strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, forced into exile by popular protests last month.
Members of popular committees set up after police evaporated from the street were checking identity papers, fearing that police trouble makers would infiltrate the crowd.
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