(Washington Post) Anthony Shadid - Hosni Mubarak, 77, Egypt's president for 24 years, will announce his candidacy for a fifth six-year term Thursday. There's a popular joke these days in Cairo. Mubarak's aide asks the president, "Isn't it time you write a farewell speech to the Egyptian people?" The president looks at him, confused. "Where are they going?" he asks.
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