Mubarak's 29-year rule
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, now 82 and serving his fifth term, has been successful at tamping down opposition in the past, but ongoing protests are testing his power.
SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, State Department, news reports | The Washington Post - Jan. 29, 2011
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