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Summary Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators erupted in jubilation in Tahrir Square as vice president Omar Suleiman announced that President Mubarak has resigned and called on the army to run the affairs of the country.
“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.Mubarak earlier flew out of Cairo to his Red Sea retreat as more than a million furious Egyptians marched in cities around the country to demand he step down. Egypt’s army threw the 82-year-old strongman a lifeline, endorsing his plan to stay in office until September even as determined protesters marched on state television headquarters and the presidential palace.
