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Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, left, and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at the presidential palace in Cairo in 2002

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, left, and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at the presidential palace in Cairo in 2002

Egypt bans Mubarak from travel

Follows the prosecutor’s decision on Feb. 21 to freeze the foreign assets

The Globe's Patrick Martin in Cairo

An Egyptian woman hugs her daughter as people celebrate in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the popular revolt that drove veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak from power, on February 12, 2011.
In Pictures
A new day in Cairo

In and around Tahrir Square Feburary 12, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.

Egyptian anti-government protesters celebrate at Tahrir Square in Cairo on February 11, 2011 after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down after three decades of autocratic rule and handed power to a junta of senior military commanders.
Interactive
The world's reaction to Hosni Mubarak's resignation

Around the world, reactions to Mubarak's resignation were swift. A look at what some world leaders had to say.

Police beat a protester during clashes in Cairo January 28, 2011. Police and demonstrators fought running battles on the streets of Cairo on Friday in a fourth day of unprecedented protests by tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule.
Interactive
Eighteen days that rocked a region

The Globe and Mail’s Patrick Martin, a veteran correspondent of the Middle East, has spent more than two weeks chronicling the extraordinary drama playing out in the streets of Egypt. With events reaching a dramatic climax with the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak Friday, Mr. Martin takes a look back at some of the pivotal moments in this revolt, which has inextricably altered the destiny of a nation and sent rumblings of change across the region.

U.S. President Barack Obama waves after he arriving at the White House on Feb. 10, 2011 in Washington, DC.
Earlier
U.S. response to Mubarak's fall

Globe Washington correspondent Paul Koring, who has reported frequently from the Middle East and on Mideast issues, took reader questions.

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Earlier discussion
Billion-dollar sports juggernaut comes to Toronto

Tom Wright, head of UFC Canada, is here to take your questions

When the subject is Egypt's revolution, there is no textbook

Political science students discover that when it comes to cataclysmic change, there’s not much science involved

Obama holds no sway in Tehran

With limited capacity to shape events, U.S. president left to wag his finger at Iran and to provide moral succour to protesters

Egypt’s ‘Robespierre moment’ won’t mean instant democracy

The military is firmly in charge and the country is under martial law

Egypt's military rulers dissolve parliament, suspend constitution

Egyptian military in charge of country until elections to be held in September

Across country, Canadians celebrate end of Mubarak’s rule

Hundreds of Egyptian-Canadians took to the streets of a number of Canadian cities to celebrate

As Mubarak departs, questions about what comes next

Will the strongman’s fall lead to democracy in Egypt, or will a military dictatorship take control?

Egypt’s generals take up an unfamiliar trade

The military council is showing some political awkwardness, but overall the Egyptian Armed Forces’ public-spiritedness is remarkable

When the bad guy goes

Revolutions tend to defy hopes and expectations, of both the men on the balcony and the people in the square

Why did Ottawa drag its feet on Mubarak?

Throughout the Egyptian uprising, the Harper government remained hesitant, cautious and, frankly, on the wrong side of history

The promise of Egyptian democracy is just that, so far

Authoritarian mindsets are not easily changed, and Washington fears the Muslim Brotherhood

Celebrate Egyptians and the hope of democracy

With Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, the power of the people to unseat despots has been demonstrated once again

Let's keep the pressure on Mubarak

An immediate resignation would have automatically triggered a new election, without the opportunity to first amend the constitution

Live Update: Patrick Martin amid the celebrations in Cairo

The Globe and Mail's Middle East correspondent reports from Cairo as jubilant protesters celebrate Mubarak's resignation

Egyptians celebrate a moment in history

Egypt's streets erupt after Hosni Mubarak resigns as president and hands control over to the military

Sombre mood in Cairo morning after inconclusive Mubarak speech

The Globe and Mail's Middle East correspondent Patrick Martin in the streets of Cairo in the confused aftermath of Mubarak's pledge to remain in office

Audio excerpt of Mubarak's defiant speech

"I will not leave [Egypt] until I die on its soil," Egyptian President tells his nation in a televised address

Feb. 10: Protests, celebration and disappointment in Egypt

Thousands of protesters tried to enter a packed Tahrir Square in the hope their president would announce he's stepping down

Egyptian pound drops to 6-year low

Almost two weeks of protests have rattled investor confidence

Egypt turmoil sends oil above $100

Commodities are now the focus as investors worry the Suez Canal will close and upheaval will spread to other energy-producing countries