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Mubarak Has Stepped Down, Says Egyptian VP
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Garth Johnston
Published Feb 11, 2011
Modified Feb 11, 2011
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September? Actually maybe he meant tomorrow? Though yesterday Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said in a televised address that he wouldn't be giving up his position until elections in September his newly appointed Vice President Omar Suleiman just made a brief televised announcement that he actually has stepped down, oh, now. Mubarak has reportedly left Cairo for his resort home in Sharm el-Sheik. Early reports say the crowds in Cairo are quite happy with the news.
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