Mubarak's rise and fall (18 images)

GAZ2001021201 - 12 FEBRUARY 2001 - GAZA CITY, GAZA: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) meets Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on February 12, 2001, to discuss Middle East peace prospects. Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in the West Bank as Israel's rightwing Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon sought to forge a unity government..rw/PLA HO. UPI

WAP2001040204 - 02 APRIL 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: President George W. Bush meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the Oval Office at the White House April 2, 2001. rlw/Roger L. Wollenberg UPI

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (L) meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on August 24, 2005. Following Israels' withdrawal, Egypt is to start deploying security guards to its border with the Gaza Strip. (UPI Photo/Omar Rashidi/Palestinian Authority)

An Egyptian man is dwarfed by a cut out of President Hosni Mubarak erected by a supporter during Egypt’s residential elections. Similar cut outs have been erected in Cairo by different supporters of the President on August 31, 2005. The majority of campaign posters and banners appearing throughout Cairo are placed by supporters of the incumbent President as an act of loyalty and to demonstrate their support for him during the upcoming presidential elections on September 7, 2005. (UPI Photo/Stewart Innes)