Egyptian soldiers were taking down tents and surrounding the protesters remaining in Tahrir Square Sunday morning

in an effort to allow traffic and normal life to return to central Cairo.



Some 30 protest leaders were reportedly forcefully removed by the army and were being held in an area adjacent to the Egyptian Museum, near the square, according to the report.



There were a few verbal altercations between soldiers and protesters as the tents were removed, but the process was generally peaceful.

Traffic also returned for the first time in more than two weeks to Tahrir, which was the epicenter of 18-days of protests that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.