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Friday, February 11, 2011
End of 30-year rule, military council takes charge of nation.
82 year old leader flees to holiday retreat at Sharm-el-Sheikh.
Cairo's streets exploded in joy on Friday when President Hosni Mubarak stepped down after three - decades of autocratic rule and handed power to a junta of senior military commanders.
A grim faced and ashen vice- president Omar Suleiman announced the handover on state television after an extraordinary national outpouring of rage brought more than a million furious demonstrators onto the streets.
" Taking into consideration the difficult circumstances the country is going through, President Mohammed
Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave the post of president of the republic and has tasked the supreme council of the armed forces to manage the state's affairs," Suleiman said.
A free and fair presidential election has been promised for September after a momentous 18 days that rocked Egypt.
Earlier, the 82 year old strongman had flown out of Cairo to his holiday retreat at Sharm-el-Sheikh on the Red Sea, his ruling party said.
As News spread cries of "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) and howls of victory rang out in the streets of the capital and firecrackers exploded.
World oil prices slid and European stock markets bounced following news of the resignation of Mubarak.
In Tahrir Square, several protesters fainted with the emotion of the moment following two weeks of protest. The plaza has been a focal point of the revolt, since it was occupied by protesters in late January, and earlier in the day had been thronged by hundreds of thousands of Egyptians, who prayed and Chanted abuse at Mubarak.
End of 30-year rule, military council takes charge of nation.
82 year old leader flees to holiday retreat at Sharm-el-Sheikh.
Cairo's streets exploded in joy on Friday when President Hosni Mubarak stepped down after three - decades of autocratic rule and handed power to a junta of senior military commanders.
A grim faced and ashen vice- president Omar Suleiman announced the handover on state television after an extraordinary national outpouring of rage brought more than a million furious demonstrators onto the streets.
" Taking into consideration the difficult circumstances the country is going through, President Mohammed
Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave the post of president of the republic and has tasked the supreme council of the armed forces to manage the state's affairs," Suleiman said.
A free and fair presidential election has been promised for September after a momentous 18 days that rocked Egypt.
Earlier, the 82 year old strongman had flown out of Cairo to his holiday retreat at Sharm-el-Sheikh on the Red Sea, his ruling party said.
As News spread cries of "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) and howls of victory rang out in the streets of the capital and firecrackers exploded.
World oil prices slid and European stock markets bounced following news of the resignation of Mubarak.
In Tahrir Square, several protesters fainted with the emotion of the moment following two weeks of protest. The plaza has been a focal point of the revolt, since it was occupied by protesters in late January, and earlier in the day had been thronged by hundreds of thousands of Egyptians, who prayed and Chanted abuse at Mubarak.
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