CAIRO - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned as president and handed control to the army on Friday, fold down after a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands.
A huge crowd in Cairo's central Tahrir Square exploded with joy, waving Egyptian flags and horns and celebratory shots into the air, were heard around the city of 18 million of joy after Omar Suleiman, head of a statement on national television only after sunset.
"In these serious circumstances that the country, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to resign as president," a bleak future, "said Suleiman. "He has instructed the Armed Forces Supreme Council to lead the state. God is our protector and relief."
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Mohamed ElBaradei, whose young suporters were among the organizers of the protest, told The Press, "This is the happiest day of my life."
"The country was liberated after decades of oppression," he said, adding that he expects a "peaceful" transition of power.
A huge crowd in Cairo's central Tahrir Square exploded with joy, waving Egyptian flags and horns and celebratory shots into the air, were heard around the city of 18 million of joy after Omar Suleiman, head of a statement on national television only after sunset.
"In these serious circumstances that the country, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to resign as president," a bleak future, "said Suleiman. "He has instructed the Armed Forces Supreme Council to lead the state. God is our protector and relief."
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Mohamed ElBaradei, whose young suporters were among the organizers of the protest, told The Press, "This is the happiest day of my life."
"The country was liberated after decades of oppression," he said, adding that he expects a "peaceful" transition of power.
