EGYPT: Vice President Omar Suleiman announces Mubarak is stepping down

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Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman announced on state television Friday that longtime President Hosni Mubarak, 82, would step down, and the video was soon posted on YouTube. Al Jazeera is calling it ‘The 30 seconds that ended the 30 years of Mubarak’s rule.’

-- Molly Hennessy-Fiske