国际英语新闻：Egypt's Mubarak lands on Sharm el-Sheikh

CAIRO, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday landed on Sharm el-Sheikh with his family, after a speech delegating power to his Vice President Omar Suleiman on Thursday night, according to Al Arabiya TV.

An airport source told Xinhua earlier that Mubarak and his family left for Sharm el-Sheikh accompanied by Lieutenant General Sami Hafez Enan, chief of staff of the Egyptian army.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said in a televised speech on Thursday night that he will hand over power to Vice President Omar Suleiman, but will not resign, in a response to more than two weeks of mass protests against his 30-year rule.

The Egyptian army on Friday delivered a televised statement to guarantee the political reform and people's demands in specific through peaceful transition of power, and calm the nationwide protests that hit the country for more than two weeks. At the same time, the army urged people to go back to normal life.

However, the statement was not welcomed by protesters who demanded the army to act for the people.

Thousands of protestors on Friday marched to the presidential palace, and some blockaded the Egyptian television building chanting anti-Mubarak slogans.