Protesters torch a police station in Port Said as US Secretary of State John Kerry lands in Cairo for talks.
The interior ministry said in a statement that around 500 protesters threw stones and petrol bombs at the police station, setting it on fire, and then blocked fire engines from getting to the blaze.
The protests had begun outside the station after two men were injured when a police truck hit them during earlier clashes in the city - now entering its third week of a general strike.
One person was killed and dozens injured in overnight clashes between police and protesters in the Nile delta city of Mansura, according to security officials.
Regular clashes have been taking place across Egypt amid a stalemate between Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and his secular-leaning opposition ahead of parliamentary elections next month.
It comes as Mr Kerry arrived in Egypt to press bickering leaders and opposition politicians to forge a consensus that will allow the country to emerge from economic crisis.
He is due to meet with a number of opposition figures before seeing Mr Morsi on Sunday.
US officials said Mr Kerry is particularly concerned that Egypt takes the reforms necessary to qualify for a $4.5bn International Monetary Fund loan package.
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