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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/01/AR2011020101338.html
Mubarak Pledges Not to Run for Reelection, Plans to Remain in Office to Transfer Power
(Washington Post) Griff Witte - President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt promised Tuesday that he would relinquish power after elections this fall, his most significant concession yet to an extraordinary public uprising. But the gesture failed to quiet demands from Egyptian opposition leaders and pro-democracy demonstrators that Mubarak step down immediately, while President Obama insisted that a transition to democracy in Egypt "must begin now."