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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Falls Ill
Aired November 19, 2003 - 06:10 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Some serious news here as well, Chad, this just in to CNN. There's some sort of health scare involving the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Ben Wedeman live in Cairo.
Ben, are you on the phone with us now?
BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I'm with you, Carol.
At about 12:45 local time, that was about 25 minutes ago, we were watching President Mubarak giving a speech to the People's Assembly, the Parliament, when the signal -- suddenly the television signal suddenly was interrupted. It came back on just a little while later and the announcer saying that the president was experiencing some sort of unspecified health problems.
Now just a moment ago, we heard the Speaker of the Assembly, of the People's Assembly of Egypt, saying that the president would resume his speech within minutes. Obviously, however, in a country like Egypt, where President Mubarak has been ruling since 1982, any sort of public -- publicly acknowledged health problems does cause a good deal of alarm among the population.
But, as I said, we just heard the Speaker of the Assembly saying that he would be resuming his speech shortly -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, just a quick question. There has been no known history of health problems surrounding Hosni Mubarak, has there?
WEDEMAN: Well he has had a variety of ailments and that are, we are told, fairly ordinary like ear infections and whatnot. But by and large, for a man of his age, in his early 70s, he is in good health, and until recently, he was a regular squash player. Fairly robust, by all looks of it, but obviously a man in his early 70s does have some health complications -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right. Ben Wedeman, we're going to let you go get more information for us. Ben Wedeman live on the phone from Cairo, Egypt this morning.
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Aired November 19, 2003 - 06:10 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Some serious news here as well, Chad, this just in to CNN. There's some sort of health scare involving the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Ben Wedeman live in Cairo.
Ben, are you on the phone with us now?
BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I'm with you, Carol.
At about 12:45 local time, that was about 25 minutes ago, we were watching President Mubarak giving a speech to the People's Assembly, the Parliament, when the signal -- suddenly the television signal suddenly was interrupted. It came back on just a little while later and the announcer saying that the president was experiencing some sort of unspecified health problems.
Now just a moment ago, we heard the Speaker of the Assembly, of the People's Assembly of Egypt, saying that the president would resume his speech within minutes. Obviously, however, in a country like Egypt, where President Mubarak has been ruling since 1982, any sort of public -- publicly acknowledged health problems does cause a good deal of alarm among the population.
But, as I said, we just heard the Speaker of the Assembly saying that he would be resuming his speech shortly -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, just a quick question. There has been no known history of health problems surrounding Hosni Mubarak, has there?
WEDEMAN: Well he has had a variety of ailments and that are, we are told, fairly ordinary like ear infections and whatnot. But by and large, for a man of his age, in his early 70s, he is in good health, and until recently, he was a regular squash player. Fairly robust, by all looks of it, but obviously a man in his early 70s does have some health complications -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right. Ben Wedeman, we're going to let you go get more information for us. Ben Wedeman live on the phone from Cairo, Egypt this morning.
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