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Breaking News: The Pharaoh Falls |
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Thursday, 10 February 2011 15:49 |
Egypt's Mubarak to step down
Sources tell NBC News that Vice President Suleiman to take over as leader
Mubarak: I'll delegate 'some' powers to VP
Wild cheers erupted from tens of thousands of demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square after word spread that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned. Demonstrators chanted "Egypt is free!" upon hearing the news.
CAIRO – Egypt's Hosni Mubarak resigned as president and handed control to the military on Friday after 29 years in power, bowing to a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands. "The people ousted the president," chanted a crowd of tens of thousands outside his presidential palace in Cairo.
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