Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has finally stepped down and handed control to the military after weeks of demonstrations. Car horns are blaring around Cairo in celebration after Vice President Omar Suleiman made the announcement on national television.

The Vice President says that in the difficult circumstances the country is passing through, Mubarak has decided to leave his position and commissioned the armed forces' council to direct issues of the state.

Omar Suleiman, Egyptian Vice President, said, "In the name of God the merciful, the gracious. Citizens, in these grave circumstances that the country is passing through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave his position as president of the republic and asked the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to run the country. God is our helper."

Tens of thousands of protesters chanted "the people have brought down the regime," as Suleiman announced the president's decision.