In Egypt, deposed president Hosni Mubarak is in critical condition.
The 84 year-old was moved from prison to a military hospital in Cairo Tuesday night after reportedly suffering s troke. He was put on life support and was joined by his wife and sons.
The news comes at a moment of high political drama in Egypt. The country is waiting for the official results in its first contested presidential election.
As the numbers of demonstrators in Tahrir Square swelled into the tens of thousands late Tuesday night, news of Mubarak's "death" broke on Egyptian State TV.
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