Soon after the year began, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who had ruled Tunisia since 1987, and Hosni Mubarak, ruler of Egypt since 1981, were rapidly—and almost bloodlessly—forced out of power.

今年开年不久，自从1987年以来一直统治突尼斯的本 阿里、自1981年以来统治埃及的穆巴拉克，迅速地——近乎不流血的——被迫出局。

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Mubarak waited out that American moment of enthusiasm.

穆巴拉克拖延耗尽了美国的热情。

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Now with Mubarak out of the way, SCAF and Suleiman camps commenced their second round of battling each other for power.

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Yesterday, Mubarak spoke out for the first time since being ousted from the Egyptian presidency in February, telling pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Arabiya that he welcomed a probe into his finances and denying that he had any assets at all outside Egypt.

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With Mubarak and Suleiman out of the way, Egyptians are now under the rule of the military.

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