An Ailing Mubarak Cancels Speech
From Times Wire Reports
Ailing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak canceled a speech on doctor’s orders, a day after abruptly leaving a podium for more than 30 minutes in the middle of a nationally televised address to parliament.
The cancellation came after Egypt’s main newspapers, which are tightly controlled by the government, devoted several pages to reassuring statements on the 75-year-old president’s health.
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