Below is a list of leaders around the world who have stepped down under popular pressure since 2000, as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned on Friday.

- January 2000 - ECUADOR: President Jamil

Cairo: Key events on Friday when President Hosni Mubarak quit, handing power to the army after fleeing to his Red Sea retreat of Sharm el-Sheikh.

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- Demonstrators in Tahri

Cairo: The Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, bolt hole for president Hosni Mubarak who stepped down Friday, is both a popular tourist haunt and favoured place to showcase Egypt's role as Middle East

Cairo: President Hosni Mubarak will meet the demands of protesters, military and ruling party officials said on Thursday in the strongest indication yet that Egypt's longtime president may be about to

The US is not trying to dictate anything on how Egypt should move out of the crisis engulfing it, state department spokesman Philip Crowley has said.

Washington: Freed Google worker Wael Ghonim, who has emerged as a prominent voice of Egyptian protests seeking to oust President Hosni Mubarak, told CNN on Wednesday he was ‘ready to die’ for the caus

Al Qaeda-front group The Islamic State of Iraq has called on Egyptian protesters to wage jihad and push for the establishment of a government based on Islamic law, the US-based Site monitoring service said on Tuesday.

Cairo: Galvanised by the biggest day of protest since their campaign to oust Hosni Mubarak's regime began, Egyptian pro-democracy campaigners attempted to blockade parliament on Wednesday.

As speaker

Moscow: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has ordered to set up an independent commission to investigate clashes between his supporters and protesters in Cairo last week that killed at least 11 people.

Washington: Egypt is making progress in resolving its political crisis as talks between the government and opposition groups were underway, US President Barack Obama said on Monday.

"Obviously Egypt