Egypt Rejoices As Mubarak Steps Down

Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation on Friday set off joyous celebrations in Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt. Soon after evening prayers were said, a grim faced Vice-President Omar Suleiman, a long-serving regime loyalist, announced on state television that President Mubarak had resigned. He read out a statement that said, “President Hosni Mubarak has decided to [...]