(Al Jazeera English: 0900 PST, February 11, 2011) Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak has stepped down after 18 days of mass protests across the country. Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets demanding an end to his 30-year rule. A military council has been named to run the country's affairs until elections can be held. Newly appointed Vice President Omar Suleiman made the announcement on state television.
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(Al Jazeera English: 1100 PST, February 11, 2011) Ayman Mohyeldin, Al Jazeera correspondent in Cairo, gives his personal reaction to the Egyptian revolution and the downfall of Hosni Mubarak.
(Al Jazeera English: 1130 PST, February 11, 2011) Two hours after Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's president for 30 years, announced his resignation, the party in Tahrir Square - the heart of the revolution - was in full effect. A singer who has been performing in the square for days played a protest song on his acoustic guitar: "The people finally brought down the system."
(Al Jazeera English: 1130 PST, February 11, 2011)Two hours after Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's president for 30 years, announced his resignation, central Cairo became one enormous party.
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(Al Jazeera English: 0845 PST, February 11, 2011) Omar Suleiman has appeared on Egyptian state television to announce that President Mubarak has stepped down, and that power has been transferred to the Egyptian military.
Watch the 30 seconds that ended 30 years of Hosni Mubarak's rule over Egypt:
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(Associated Press: 0900 PST, February 11, 2011) An Associated Press correspondent and an Egyptian protester in Cairo give their accounts of the scene on the streets as political change comes, with the departure of President Hosni Mubarak.
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(Al Jazeera English: 0700 PST, February 11, 2011) Thousands of protesters have laid siege to the building of Egypt's state television station in Cairo, as hundreds of thousands again turned out across the country to demand that Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, resign. Our correspondent Jacky Rowland in Cairo reports from the scene of the siege.
(Al Jazeera English: 0700 PST, February 11, 2011) Alaa Abdel Fatah, a prominent activist, speaks to Al Jazeera from outside the state television building in Cairo where thousands of protesters gathered on Friday afternoon.
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