The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. December 19, 2011 Clashes in Egypt Leave 14 Dead ------------------------------- At least 14 people have died in Egypt in four days of of protests against military rule. Police and soldiers have sued batons, water cannons and teargas to push protesters from Cairo's Tahrir Square. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon condemned the "excessive" force used against the protesters. .