After Mubarak

Hosni Mubarak is stepping down, according to some unconfirmed reports. He’ll speak to his nation soon and we’ll find out.

Al Jazeera has live video from Cairo.

MSNBC has also been providing this feed, which has been up and down:

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Given all the problems in Egypt, getting Mubarak out of office may end up being the easy part.There’s still the matter of wrestling control of the country from its military (Egyptian presidents have come directly from the military since the revolution in the 1950s) and finding jobs for people.

About the blogger

Bob Collins

bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.