CAIRO – Egypt's Hosni Mubarak refused to motion down or leave the sticks and preferably handed his powers to his vice president Thursday, left over president and ensuring direction control over the reform process. Stunned protesters in central Cairo who requirement his ouster waved their shoes in contumely and shouted, "Be off, leave, leave."

The swiftly impressive events raised the question of whether a appurtenances had opened between Mubarak and the military command. Hours earlier, a synod of the military's pre-eminent generals announced it had stepped in to secure the country, and a higher- ranking commander announced to protesters in Tahrir Square that all their demands would at the end of the day be met, raising cries of victory that Mubarak was on his distance out.