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Deadly clashes mark anniversary of Egyptian revolution

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    Jonathan Hunt reports from New York

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Thousands of egyptians went back to -- -- -- square today to protest their new government.

Witnesses say some demonstrators threw stones -- the cops and fired back with tear gas officials say violence across the country killed at least four people and injured close to 400.

Of course Egypt is very important partner of the United States in fact we just send them for -- F sixteen fighter jets like these.

Part of an aid package worth about a billion dollars a year.

The fox four chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt is here in job and in many ways.

-- it doesn't seem any more stable now that was two years ago.

Gets hot to argue against that -- when you see the tens of thousands.

On the streets of Egypt's major cities today protesting the government of Muslim Brotherhood president.

Mohamed -- the protesters say that we'll -- has done nothing.

To fix the mess of the Egyptian economy and he's also rewritten the constitution in -- right power grab.

Until then the protests does nothing has changed in the past two years except swapping a secular dictatorship for a religious one.

But former State Department undersecretary Nicholas Burns says this is a situation the US has to watch very carefully listen.

Not only is there this divide between the new government dominated by the miles of brotherhood and the old regime of President Mubarak and many of his officials.

Are still in place but the Islamic forces are also in disarray.

And their challenges to -- president Mohamed Morsi from his right even more -- -- radical factions.

Of Islamic movement so there's cause for concern about continued instability the lack of economic growth and Egypt.

-- on the plus side professor burns says the US still has a strong relationship with Egypt.

And -- government has stood by its peace treaty.

Crucially with Israel skeptics would add to that -- for now across the region really concerns about the effects of the -- expert.

-- pretty much every country that has gone through.

These uprisings.

Is a case of uncertainty.

At best.

At right -- -- worst an aside from the civil war in Syria the main concern right now is North Africa Libya of course Algeria where we have the recent.

Hostage taking and deaths of Americans Molly -- the French are fighting Islamic extremists and again according to -- -- burns.

This sort of instability could go on for a very long time -- We're looking at generational change and it may be that we don't see the future map of the Middle East doesn't reveal itself for another ten or twenty years because.

That this change is so deeply rooted so K also -- possibly -- many years to come the one thing we know for Scholl is the terrorists and extremists love chaos you know that's true Jonathan thank you.

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