Egypt prison break:

Nearly 5,000 escape

Mubarak names Deputy

EGYPT: Hosni Mubarak tapped Egypt's military intelligence Chief as his first-ever Vice President and named a new Premier, as the death toll in a mass revolt against his autocratic rule topped 100.

Fresh riots Saturday, the fifth day of the revolt, left 22 people dead in the town of Beni Sueif, south of Cairo, where protesters tried to burn down a police station, witnesses and a security source said.

Another three protesters died in Cairo and three police were killed in the Sinai town of Rafah, raising to at least 102 the number of people killed since the unrest erupted on Tuesday, including 33 on Saturday, according to medics.

As tens of thousands flooded central Cairo demanding he step down, President Mubarak went into crisis talks with officials, after which it was announced that Mubarak confidant General Omar Suleiman had been sworn in as his deputy.

Cairo, Sunday, AFP

EGYPT: Some 5,000 Egyptian prisoners broke out of a penitentiary in Faiyum Governorate, located about 130 kilometres southwest of Cairo, early Sunday, DPA reported. A top official holding the rank of general was killed in the incident.

There are also reports that angry crowds kidnapped another senior defence official, who also holds the rank of general.

Meanwhile, a massive crowd of Egyptians staged a rally outside UN headquarters in New York Saturday to show their support for the anti-Government demonstrations in their homeland.

Egyptian-American protesters chanted slogans denouncing President Hosni Mubarak at the rally. Protesters in downtown Cairo set a Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) building on fire Saturday night for the second time.

Tanks and armoured personnel carriers could be seen on the streets of Cairo while fires from Friday's violence are still smoldering.

CAIRO, Sunday, Presstv