Thousands protest Mubarak verdict in Tahrir Square

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Egyptians gather Saturday at Tahrir Square in Cairo to call for a new revolution in Egypt.

By msnbc.com staff and news services

CAIRO --?Thousands of people packed Tahrir Square, birthplace of Egypt?s uprising, on Sunday in an outpouring of anger over what many saw as inadequate punishment for former President Hosni Mubarak and his cohorts after 30 years of abuses.

Overnight, up to 10,000 people gathered to vent anger over acquittals on corruption charges even though Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of 900 protesters in January 2011.

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?It?s garbage,? Najdi Mohamed el-Din said of the verdict, according to a report by Al Jazeera news agency. ?And it has made us realize something. The revolution of January 2011? We need to do it again, and we need to do it until everyone who was with Mubarak is gone.?

Similar protests went on in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria and Suez on the Red Sea.

Earlier: In Cairo, cheers and fears over Mubarak sentencing

Protesters chanted: "A farce, a farce, this trial is a farce" and "The people want execution of the murderer."

Many at?Tahrir Square vowed to stay until their demands were met, Al Jazeera reported, noting many struggled to articulate what, exactly, those demands were.

Shortly after former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was rolled into the courthouse on a stretcher, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. NBC's Richard Engel reports.

Politicians visiting the square on Saturday night included Hamdeen Sabahi, the defeated leftist presidential candidate in last month?s presidential election, Al Jazeera reported.

Earlier: Anger as Egypt's ex-ruler Mubarak gets life in prison, not death

?You are the president in our hearts,? some protesters chanted.

Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, the moderate Islamist candidate who placed fourth last month, also appeared, Al Jazeera said.

Mohammed Mursi of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood?tried to capitalize on the anger over the acquittals, vowing in a news conference before visiting the square that, if elected during to the presidential runoff set for June 16-17, he would retry Mubarak along with former regime officials.

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Mursi?s opponent is Ahmed Shafiq, Mubarak's longtime friend and last prime minister.

Shafiq?s campaign offices in Fayoum city south of Cairo on Sunday were ransacked by dozens of young Egyptians, who destroyed all the contents, including furniture and computers, the state's Al-Ahram news website reported.

Footage posted on Al-Ahram website showed young men destroying and burning Shafiq's pictures and banners and others chanting: "Fayoum says Ahmed Shafiq is feloul (an Arabic word used to refer to remnant of an ousted political regime)."

Protesters fill Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday after Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison. Many of the protesters are reportedly angry that members of Mubarak's family and staff were not sentenced to prison as well. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports.

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