Pro-democracy protesters in Tahrir Square have vowed to take the protests to a ‘last and final stage’ [AFP] 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
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