World leaders who fell to revolts
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
Timeline: Mumbarak's resignation
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
Sharm el-Sheikh: Mubarak last 'resort'
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
Mubarak refuses to resign, hands some powers to Omar
Cairo: A defiant Hosni Mubarak on Thursday announced that he would transfer some powers to his deputy Omar Suleiman, but stopped short of resigning as president of Egypt. He said he will not bow to fo
Egypt protesters to go home as Mubarak quits
Cairo: Egyptian protesters who have been camping out for 18 days in central Cairo's Tahrir Square said they will go home after the celebrations following the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak on
US piles pressure on Mubarak to hasten democracy
Washington: As Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stubbornly clung to power sparking more protests, US President Barack Obama mounted pressure on the embattled regime asking 'to move swiftly to explain
Swiss govt orders freeze on Mubarak assets
Geneva: The Swiss government has ordered a freeze on assets belonging to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his entourage shortly after he was forced from office, the foreign ministry said.
"The Fe
Rage in Egypt as Mubarak refuses to quit
Cairo: President Hosni Mubarak provoked rage on Egypt's streets on Thursday when he said he would hand over powers to his deputy but refused to step down after more than two weeks of protests demandin
India welcomes Mubarak resignation
Washington: India has welcomed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation and the commitment by military leaders 'to establish an open and democratic framework of governance'.
"We welcome the dec
Egypt waiting for an 'important statement' from the Army
The Egyptian military's Supreme Command Council was meeting on Friday and was to make an 'important statement to the people', the state news agency MENA reported.