Egyptian Army Takes Over State TV Studios

Army Takes Over Egyptian State TV
Egyptian riot policemen block a road on May 15, 2011 leading to the state television building in Cairo where Egyptian Christians have been protesting, as the head of Egypt's Coptic church called on Christians to 'immediately' end their week-long sit-in, a day after fresh clashes left 78 injured further fuelling fears of widespread sectarian unrest. The clashes broke out after an altercation between a young Muslim and Coptic Christians who have been staging a sit-in -- to demand equality and an end to discrimination -- outside the state television building in Cairo since May 7, after sectarian unrest last week that left 15 dead, police said. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Egyptian riot policemen block a road on May 15, 2011 leading to the state television building in Cairo where Egyptian Christians have been protesting, as the head of Egypt's Coptic church called on Christians to 'immediately' end their week-long sit-in, a day after fresh clashes left 78 injured further fuelling fears of widespread sectarian unrest. The clashes broke out after an altercation between a young Muslim and Coptic Christians who have been staging a sit-in -- to demand equality and an end to discrimination -- outside the state television building in Cairo since May 7, after sectarian unrest last week that left 15 dead, police said. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

CAIRO, July 3 (Reuters) - Egyptian troops with armoured vehicles have secured the central Cairo studios of state television on Wednesday, security sources said.

As a deadline approaches when the army high command is expected to step in and reorder Egypt's political institutions, the sources said staff not involved in working on live broadcasts had left the building. (Reporting by Yasmine Saleh; Editing by Alastair Macdonald)

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