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(via Aljazerra)

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has resigned from his post, handing over power to the armed forces.

Omar Suleiman, the vice-president, announced in a televised address that the president was ‘waiving’ his office, and had handed over authority to the Supreme Council of the armed forces.

Suleiman’s short statement was received with a roar of approval and by celebratory chanting and flag-waving from a crowd of hundreds of thousands in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, as well by pro-democracy campaigners who attended protests across the country on Friday.

‘Tonight, after all of these weeks of frustration, of violence, of intimidation … today the people of Egypt undoubtedly [feel they] have been heard, not only by the president, but by people all around the world,’ our correspondent at Tahrir Square reported, following the announcement.

Pro-democracy activists in the Egyptian capital had marched on the presidential palace and state television buildings on Friday, the 18th consecutive day of protests.

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The people of Egypt rejoiced as President Mubarak resigns.

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The people of Egypt rejoiced as President Mubarak resigns.

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The people of Egypt rejoiced as President Mubarak resigns.

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The people of Egypt rejoiced as President Mubarak resigns.

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The people of Egypt rejoiced as President Mubarak resigns.

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The people of Egypt rejoiced