Breaking News: Mubarak steps down

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shami2k February 11, 2011, 3:57pm 1

Just saw it on aljazeera. He is out. People are cheering and celebrating his ouster.

LP February 11, 2011, 4:01pm 2

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yep..just heard it

Shamraz_Khan February 11, 2011, 4:02pm 3

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Handed country over to the army. Short statement read by his VP on Egyptian tv.

waleedhbk February 11, 2011, 4:03pm 4

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thats cool

Jal_Pari February 11, 2011, 4:18pm 5

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Finally !!!

Gaia February 11, 2011, 4:26pm 6

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What ever the future holds for Egypt, change was the most important component.

KKF February 11, 2011, 4:28pm 7

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**MUBAARAK/CONGRATULATIONS: ts just the begining of the end of ALL the tyrants in the middle east... :)

next stop: YEMEN**

Shamraz_Khan February 11, 2011, 4:30pm 8

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Al jazeera English live coverage

aaliyahkhan1 February 11, 2011, 4:31pm 9

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He should have done that yesterday instead of making all that drama and enraging everyone!!!

Captain1 February 11, 2011, 4:59pm 10

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Hopefully Omar Suleiman doesn't turn into Hosni Mubarak, congrats to all Egyptians our best wishes and prayers with them.

Xenophanez February 11, 2011, 5:10pm 11

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Very important few days ahead. Omar Suleiman should also go.If he stays, all this will mean nothing.

Decent_6Chora February 11, 2011, 5:18pm 12

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Finally. What was he smoking yesterday?

and now effectively Army has taken over as Omar Suleiman has transferred power to Top Army circle which btw is unconstitutional. Hope army holds free and fair elections and hands on power to elected government ASAP.

I am sure rest of the middle eastern rulers have to take sleeping pills today to go to bed.

aaliyahkhan1 February 11, 2011, 5:23pm 13

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:k:

GoodMD2B February 11, 2011, 5:26pm 14

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Omar Suleiman is a CIA man, he must go or Egyptians would be out of the frying pan into the fire.

Xenophanez February 11, 2011, 5:31pm 15

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There was no constitutional way out anyway. According to constitution, election must be held within 60 days BUT (and a very hugeee BUTT :D ) all presidential candidates must be pre-approved from Parliament (which was controlled by the regime).

Sehrysh February 11, 2011, 5:42pm 16

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I always wonder what happens after the euphoria wears off? Obviously Mubarak had to go. But have the Egyptians thought ahead to what's next and what is viable?

Who are the alternatives for them to lead them into the future and what future do the Egyptians want for themselves? There's such a mutliplicity of interests there - whose vision is going to triumph? Let's see what happens.

Nevertheless, I pray for the country and it's people and may this time of transition be peaceful and productive.

ehsan February 11, 2011, 5:57pm 17

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lets hope sanity prevails and the army holds free and fair elections in September and transfers power to the elected govt.

30 years of tyranny, dictatorship and one man rule finally comes to an end.

CEO1 February 11, 2011, 5:59pm 18

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About bloody time..Lol

GoodMD2B February 11, 2011, 6:01pm 19

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At the moment the good news is that Pro-Western and Pro-Zionist government of Hosni Mubarak is gone.

As far as the people of Egypt are concerned they have justly "grabbed the world by the lapels" the wave of these revolutions highlight American weakness in the Middle East and that Washington is not in a driver seat any more to be able to control events in the region, at the end people will prevail and that is the bottom line of true democracy... unlike US defined and prescribed plutocratic and oligarchic regimes as suitable forms of democracies for the Muslim World.

Muzna February 11, 2011, 6:26pm 20

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Agreed.
This is exactly the thought that came to mind.
There are so many interests there......a vacuum is never good.