[W]ith a statement on Friday that lasted but 30-seconds, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced Mubarak's departure.[...]
Egypt's 30 years under President Hosni Mubarak ended to thunderous cries of revolution on Friday, after millions of pro-democracy protesters who'd occupied the country's largest cities for days threatened a "Day of Martyrs" if he did not leave.
Or it might have been this that convinced him:
The Swiss government froze assets possibly belonging to departed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and his entourage Friday, marking the latest efforts by the Alpine nation to crack down on illicit holdings in its banks.
Or maybe that didn't happen until after he announced he'd leave. I don't have the time line on that.
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