My Way News - Egypt crowds unmoved by Mubarak's vow not to run
My Way News reports: "President Hosni Mubarak defied a quarter-million protesters demanding he step down immediately, announcing Tuesday he would serve out the last months of his term and 'die on Egyptian soil.' He promised not to seek re-election, but that did not calm public fury as clashes erupted between his opponents and supporters."

My Way News - Egypt's Mubarak: From poverty to the presidency
My Way News reports: "In the span of his presidency, Mubarak, a former pilot and air force general with a combative, stubborn streak, took tentative steps toward democratic reform but then pulled back toward the authoritarianism that, coupled with poverty and a culture of corruption, helped drive Egyptian protesters into the streets."