Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, faced a popular revolt, left Cairo with his family, said Friday the AFP news agency a source close to the government, which refused to say whether the president had left the country. "Mubarak left Cairo with his family," said the source, not wanting to clarify press reports that the president had gone to his residence in Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea.
Also, the local television station Al Arabiya said the president was traveling with his family to the tourist resort of Sharm el Sheik in the Sinai Peninsula. While these versions are unofficial reporters at Cairo estimate that more than one million people are still demonstrating in the streets as a sign of rejection that do not totally satisfy the demands of their opponents.
The day before, Mubarak announced in a televised speech that transferred power to his deputy, Omar Suleiman, but remained in office until elections in September, which promised not to run. It also reaffirmed their determination to live and die in Egypt. Before the speech televised versions had already emerged in the same direction, which were later disproved.
(With infromación Efe and AFP) 
Also, the local television station Al Arabiya said the president was traveling with his family to the tourist resort of Sharm el Sheik in the Sinai Peninsula. While these versions are unofficial reporters at Cairo estimate that more than one million people are still demonstrating in the streets as a sign of rejection that do not totally satisfy the demands of their opponents.
The day before, Mubarak announced in a televised speech that transferred power to his deputy, Omar Suleiman, but remained in office until elections in September, which promised not to run. It also reaffirmed their determination to live and die in Egypt. Before the speech televised versions had already emerged in the same direction, which were later disproved.
(With infromación Efe and AFP)
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