Mubarak's rise and fall (18 images)

DAP2000061317 - 13 JUNE - DAMASCUS, SYRIA: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) presents his condolences to Bashar al-Assad son of late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad at the Presidential Palace June 13. gd/SANA UPI

WAP99062901 - 29 JUNE 1999 - WASHINGTON, D.C., USA: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (center) shakes hands with St. John's University Trustee Jerome Belson moments before being conferred with an honorary degree at the historic Blair House in Washington, D.C., June 29. To his right is Rev. Donald J. Harrington, President of St. John's University. It was only the second off-campus conferral in the university's history and Mubarak's first visit to the U.S. in two years. He received a doctorate of law. iw/Ian Wagreich UPI

CAI2000082902 - 29 AUGUST 2000 - CAIRO, EGYPT: U.S. President Bill Clinton meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo to discuss the Middle East peace process on Tuesday, August 29, 2000. UPI rw/John Samples

JER2000101714 - 17 OCTOBER 2000 - SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT: US President Bill Clinton walks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at the Emergency Summit in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, October 17, 2000. The Israeli and Palestinian agreed to halt the violence and set up an inquiry into the cause of the bloody clashes that has swept the region in the past three weeks. rlw/dh/Debbie Hill UPI.(POOL PHOTO; COURTESTY OF ISRAEL GPO)