what are they saying? are they hinting that he just opened up the floodgates in the middle of his speech? or was it something lame like a collapse?
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/19/egypt.mubarak/index.html
CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was forced to break-off from a televised parliamentary speech when he was taken ill.
The 75-year-old was addressing the parliament in Cairo Wednesday at about 12:45 p.m. (5:45 a.m. ET) when the television signal was briefly interrupted, CNN's Ben Wedeman reported.
A news announcer said Mubarak had fallen ill. Shortly afterwards, Egypt's speaker of the parliament said Mubarak would return shortly.
The president did return after several minutes to complete his speech, lasting a further five minutes.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/19/egypt.mubarak/index.html
CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was forced to break-off from a televised parliamentary speech when he was taken ill.
The 75-year-old was addressing the parliament in Cairo Wednesday at about 12:45 p.m. (5:45 a.m. ET) when the television signal was briefly interrupted, CNN's Ben Wedeman reported.
A news announcer said Mubarak had fallen ill. Shortly afterwards, Egypt's speaker of the parliament said Mubarak would return shortly.
The president did return after several minutes to complete his speech, lasting a further five minutes.