Friday 11 February 2011

Mubarak Steps Down

After eighteen days of pro-democracy demonstrators on the streets of Egypt, President Mubarak resigned this morning as he left Cairo for his resort home in Sharm el-Sheik.
Omar Suleiman, who was named Vice President of Egypt on Jan. 29, 2011 after protesters shocked Mubarak’s regime, announced that the former President Mubarak had handed over his authority to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
While Suleiman was delivering the news, the protesters across the Egypt set of a frenzy of celebration as they chanted “Egypt is free”.  Mohamed ElBaradei, an opposition leader, said “greatest day of my life”, the Associated Press news agency.
The pro-democracy protesters in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, are chanting “We have brought down the regime”, broadcasted live by Aljazeera English.Read More

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