Mubarak Won't Go to Luxe German Clinic

He's not sick, vice president says
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 9, 2011 8:09 AM CST
Mubarak Won't Go to Luxe German Clinic
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak listens during a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011.   (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

OK, forget that exit plan: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said thanks, but no thanks, to an offer of an escape to Germany. Rumors had swirled that Mubarak might be suffering from cancer and could thus make a graceful exit by moving to a swanky German clinic, but Vice President Omar Suleiman rejected that idea today, Der Spiegel reports. Said Suleiman, “We are grateful for the offer from Germany, but the president does not require medical treatment.”
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