Man dies in Cairo protests: report

Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has imposed curfews in three provinces hit by deadly rioting. Source: AAP

RIOT police have fired tear gas and birdshot at rock-throwing protesters in Cairo, reportedly killing one person a day after Egypt's president declared a state of emergency in three provinces.

The eruption of violence, which began around Friday's second anniversary of the uprising that toppled ruler Hosni Mubarak, has plunged Egypt into political turmoil and exposed the deep fault lines running through the country.

More than 50 people have been killed in the unrest, which is fuelled by anger over the policies of the country's new Islamist leader and the slow pace of change.

Police said the unidentified man who died on Monday was killed by birdshot that hit his head.

The incident occurred in a clash with police on a bridge and in an underpass leading to Tahrir Square.

President Mohammed Morsi, who has struggled to solve the country's social and economic problems since taking power in June, declared in a televised speech late Sunday a 30-day state of emergency in the cities of Port Said, Ismailia and Suez and their surrounding provinces in an attempt to quell the unrest.

The military was deployed in Suez on Friday and in Port Said the next day. The two cities have been hit hardest by the violence.

Protesters in all three cities poured into the streets after Morsi's speech to reject both him and his state of emergency, which includes a curfew from 9pm to 6am.

In Port Said, where 44 people were killed in rioting over the weekend, at least 2000 protesters chanted against the Egyptian president and the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group he is linked with.

The unrest in Port Said was sparked by a court conviction and death sentence for 21 defendants involved in a soccer riot in the city's main stadium on February 1, 2012 that led to 74 deaths.

Most of those sentenced to death were local soccer fans from Port Said, deepening a sense of persecution that Port Said's residents have felt since the stadium disaster, the worst soccer violence ever in Egypt.

At least another 11, most of them in Suez, died in clashes on Friday elsewhere in the country during rallies marking the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Mubarak nearly two years ago.

In his televised address, Morsi also warned that he would not hesitate to take more action to stem the violence.

Angry and at times screaming and wagging his finger, the Egyptian leader also invited the nation's political forces for talks to resolve the nation's crisis, saying "a dialogue between the sons of the nation is indispensable and is the only way to shepherd Egypt to security and stability".

Among those invited to Monday's talks is pro-reform leader and Nobel peace laureate Mohammed ElBaradei and other leaders of the National Salvation Front, an umbrella group of opposition parties.

The invitation was met with little enthusiasm from the opposition leaders.

Salvation Front leaders are meeting later on Monday, when they are expected to decide whether to participate in the dialogue.

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