Egypt's Mubarak digs in heels, protests continue
1 hr 36 mins ago: CAIRO (AFP) – Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was digging in his heels on Wednesday after defying a week of massive protests calling for his immediate ouster and saying instead he would not run for re-election in September. The veteran president's announcement on television late on Tuesday drew angry jeers from demonstrators who again defied a curfew to spend the night in the capital's Tahrir Square -- epicentre of protests that on Wednesday raged into a ninth straight day. Despite years of ambiguity over whether he would seek a sixth term and his refusal until this week to even name a vice president, the 82-year-old Mubarak insisted he had never intended to stay in office beyond this year.
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