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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是VOA慢速英语新闻报道。 The resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after eighteen days of protests filled Cairos Tahrir, or Liberation, Square with celebrations. 在埃及爆发抗议活动18天后，总统穆巴拉克宣布辞职。人们涌往开罗解放广场以及其他广场开始欢呼和庆祝。 (SOUND)CROWD: Freedom! 人群：“解放了！自由了！” But with that freedom comes unanswered questions about Egypts political future. 但是随着自由而来的还有埃及未知的政治未来。 On Thursday, Mr. Mubarak had again told Egyptians that he would stay in power until elections planned for September. But on Friday his recently appointed vice president, Omar Suleiman, announced the resignation of the eighty-two-year-old president. He said Mr. Mubarak had asked the military to take control. 周四的时候，穆巴拉克再次重申他不会离开总统职位，直到九月份大选。但是，周五的时候，最近任命的副总统苏莱曼宣布82岁高龄的总统辞职了。他说穆巴拉克已把权力移交给军方。 President Obama says the resignation marks only a beginning of Egypts transition. Mr. Obama said Egyptians had made it clear that they will accept nothing less than genuine democracy. He said the military will now have to make sure the transition takes place in a way that Egyptians can trust. 美国总统奥巴马表示，穆巴拉克的辞职标志着埃及政府开始过渡。奥巴马称埃及人很清楚的表示他们将接受“完全是真实的民主”。他说，埃及军方现在必须确定政权要以埃及人能信任的方式过渡。 BARACK OBAMA: That means protecting the rights of Egypts citizens, lifting the emergency law, revising the constitution and other laws to make this change irreversible and laying out a clear path to elections that are fair and free. Above all this transition must bring all of Egypts voices to the table. 奥巴马：“这意味着要保护埃及公民的权利，废除紧急法律，修改宪法和其他法律以确保这次变革不可逆转，并为公平和自由的选举奠定明确的道路。最重要的是，这次的政权过渡要考虑到所有埃及人的呼声。” Mr. Mubarak survived at least six assassination attempts as president. He was vice president to Anwar Sadat. He became president in October of nineteen eighty-one after militants killed Mr. Sadat. 穆巴拉克担任总统期间经历过六次暗杀行动，都侥幸逃生。他以前是前总统安瓦尔萨达特的副总统。1981年10月份，萨达特遇难后，穆巴拉克当上总统。 Under Mr. Mubaraks rule, Egypt kept peace with Israel and close ties with the West. His government was an important ally of the United States in the Israe