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Diplomats: EU to freeze assets of Mubarak, 18 associates
[Ma'an] The European Union will freeze the assets of ousted Egyptian president Hosni MubarakOctogenarian Egyptian politician, prior to that air force commander. He served as the fourth President-for-Life of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. He assumed the presidency in 1981, following the liquidation of Anwar Sadat. He was dumped after 18 days of demonstrations, which at one point featured a camel charge by his supporters, during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. On 11 February, Vice President Suleiman announced that Mubarak had resigned in favor of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Mubarak and his family left the presidential palace by a side door and moved to Sharm el-Sheikh, while the new regime started trying to follow the money trail. and 18 of his closest associates after EU envoys agreed on the sanctions, diplomats told AFP on Friday. Posted by: Fred 2011-03-19 |
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