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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mubarak-to-speak-on-egypt-future.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Anti-government protestors hold candles as they walk surrounding an Egyptian Army tank at Tahrir square in Cairo (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-mubarak-to-speak-on-egypt-future.jpg" alt="Anti-government protestors hold candles as they walk surrounding an Egyptian Army tank at Tahrir square in Cairo (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>President Hosni Mubarak is set to speak to the nation after Egypt&#8217;s military stepped in to &#8220;safeguard the country&#8221; and assured protesters that the leader will meet their demands.</p>
<p>State TV says the president is meeting with his vice president at his palace in Cairo and will make a statement later, in the strongest indication yet that Egypt&#8217;s long-time leader has lost power.</p>
<p>Thousands more protesters lined up to enter a packed Tahrir Square in expectation that Mr Mubarak will announce he is stepping down.</p>
<p>In Washington, a CIA chief said there was a &#8220;strong likelihood&#8221; Mubarak will step down.</p>
<p>The dramatic announcement showed that the military was taking control as the Government&#8217;s grip on power was fatally weakened after 17 days of protests demanding Mr Mubarak&#8217;s immediate removal.</p>
<p>General Hassan al-Roueini, military commander for the Cairo area, told thousands of protesters in central Tahrir Square: &#8220;All your demands will be met today.&#8221;</p>
<p>Some in the crowd held up their hands in V-for-victory signs, shouting &#8220;the people want the end of the regime&#8221; and &#8220;Allahu akbar,&#8221; or &#8220;God is great,&#8221; a victory cry used by secular and religious people alike.</p>
<p>The military&#8217;s supreme council has been meeting without the commander in chief Mr Mubarak, and announced on state TV its &#8220;support of the legitimate demands of the people&#8221;.</p>
<p>A spokesman read a statement that the council was in permanent session to explore &#8220;what measures and arrangements could be made to safeguard the nation, its achievements and the ambitions of its great people&#8221;.</p>
<p>The statement was labelled &#8220;communique number 1&#8221;, a phrasing that suggests a military coup.</p>
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