Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Mubarak not to run for another term


Egypt's president says in a speech that he will step down at the next election but would stay in office until then.
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has said in a televised address that he will not run for another term and step down at the next election but will stay in office till then.

The next presidential election is scheduled for September. Until now, officials had indicated Mubarak, 82, would likely run for a sixth six-year term of office.

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