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Egyptian President Returns Home

   VOA News 27 March 2010

   Egyptian  President Hosni Mubarak has returned home, three weeks after
   undergoing gallbladder surgery in a German hospital.
   The  81-year-old  leader  arrived  at  an  airport  in Sharm el-Sheikh
   Saturday, and was greeted by senior government officials.
   Authorities  said Mr. Mubarak resumes his presidential duties upon his
   return to Egypt.
   President  Mubarak  temporarily  handed  over  power to Prime Minister
   Ahmed  Nazif before undergoing surgery in Heidelberg, Germany on March
   6.    Doctors  removed  his  gall  bladder and a growth in his small
   intestine.
   He has served as Egypt's president for more than two decades.
   Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.

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