CAIRO - Egypt's vice president says Hosni
Mubarak has resigned as president and
handed control to the military.
Car horns were heard around Cairo in
celebration after Vice President Omar
Suleiman made the announcement on
national TV on Friday.
"In these difficult circumstances that the
country is passing through, President Hosni
Mubarak has decided to leave the position
of the presidency," Suleiman said. He has
commissioned the armed forces council to
direct the issues of the state."

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