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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/egypts-leader-mubarak-steps-down.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gather in Tahrir Square, Cairo, as president Hosni Mubarak steps down (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-egypts-leader-mubarak-steps-down.jpg" alt="Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gather in Tahrir Square, Cairo, as president Hosni Mubarak steps down (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Egypt&#8217;s Hosni Mubarak has resigned as president and handed control to the military, bowing down after a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations.</p>
<p>&#8220;The people ousted the president,&#8221; chanted a crowd of tens of thousands outside his presidential palace in Cairo.</p>
<p>Several hundred thousand protesters gathered in Cairo&#8217;s central Tahrir Square exploded into joy, waving Egyptian flags.</p>
<p>Car horns and celebratory shots in the air were heard around the city of 18 million after Vice President Omar Suleiman made the announcement on national TV just after nightfall.</p>
<p>Mr Mubarak had sought to cling to power, handing some of his powers to Mr Suleiman while keeping his title.</p>
<p>But an explosion of protests rejecting the move appeared to have pushed the military into forcing him out completely.</p>
<p>Hundreds of thousands marched throughout the day in cities across the country as soldiers stood by, besieging his palace in Cairo and Alexandria and the state TV building.</p>
<p>&#8220;In these grave circumstances that the country is passing through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave his position as president of the republic,&#8221; a grim-looking Mr Suleiman said.</p>
<p>&#8220;He has mandated the Armed Forces Supreme Council to run the state. God is our protector and succour.&#8221;</p>
<p>Nobel Peace prize winner Mohammed ElBaradei, whose young supporters were among the organisers of the protest movement, told the Associated Press: &#8220;This is the greatest day of my life. The country has been liberated after decades of repression,&#8221; he said adding that he expects a &#8220;beautiful&#8221; transition of power.</p>
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