in VOA Special English.The resignation of EgyptianPresident Hosni Mubarakafter eighteen days of protestsfilled Cairo's Tahrir, or Liberation,Square with celebrations.(SOUND)CROWD: "Freedom!"But with that freedomcomes unanswered questionsabout Egypt's political future.On Thursday, Mr. Mubarak had againtold Egyptians that he would stayin power until electionsplanned for September.But on Friday his recently appointedvice president, Omar Suleiman,announced the resignation ofthe eighty-two-year-old president.He said Mr. Mubarak had askedthe military to take control.President Obama saysthe resignation marks onlya beginning of Egypt's transition.Mr. Obama said Egyptianshad made it clear that they will accept"nothing less than genuine democracy."He said the military will now haveto make sure the transition takes placein a way that Egyptians can trust.BARACK OBAMA: "That means protectingthe rights of Egypt's citizens,lifting the emergency law,revising the constitutionand other laws to make this changeirreversible and laying out a clear pathto elections that are fair and free.Above all this transition must bringall of Egypt's voices to the table."Mr. Mubarak survived at leastsix assassination attempts as president.He was vice president to Anwar Sadat.He became president in Octoberof nineteen eighty-oneafter militants killed Mr. Sadat.Under Mr. Mubarak's rule,Egypt kept peace with Israeland close ties with the West.His government was an important allyof the United Statesin the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.He also earned Western supportfor his efforts to suppressIslamic extremism.But he kept Egypt under a deeplyunpopular emergency lawthat restricted freedoms and gavethe police wide powers of arrest.Members of the Muslim Brotherhood,Egypt's leading opposition group,were often targets of those arrests.We asked Egyptians and othersto comment on Mr. Mubarak's resignationon the VOA Learning English pageon Facebook.Here are some of their comments,starting with this from Wessam Elmeligi:Ours is one of the most honorablerevolutions in history.We did not fall into the pit of civil war.We did not get any helpfrom any government.This is our victory. Our freedom.Our Egypt. Egyptians have taughtthe world one lesson:when the people speak,their voice is not words.It is thunder.And when thunder strikesthe entire forces of nature listen.Because thunder is sent by God.Another Facebook usernamed Kefaya Punk said:In Egypt we were told thatwe can never revolt,but after we saw with our own eyesthat Tunisians were able to ousttheir president and the regime,we were still suspicious that we wouldbe able to repeat what they did,but we did.Hanaa Elbhery said: I am Egyptianand I am so proud of the firstreal achievement of our generation.And Mohammad Elfiky wrote:Some celebrate and some crybut we are all Egyptians.I love this landand I'm ready to die for it.Let's hope the futurewill be better than ever.There were also expressionsof support from other countries.Heba Hassan wrote from Bahrain:Congrats to our brothersand sisters in Egypt!We are so happy for them.My eyes were full of tearswhen I heard the news on TV.Jill Harper wrote: I am from the USand so happy for the Egyptians!!Franz Josef Hildinger had this advice:Education is everything.Invest in it now!Karam Adnan Alhafiz wrote:Congratulations. You provedthat the will of the peopleis above everything.And Iclal Yoksuc said to Egyptians:I hope you have a good presidentthat cares about all Egyptiansand that deserves you.There were also comments like thisfrom Peshang M Hussen:Now it is step 2 to dictatorsin other countries.And this from Moshtaq Abdullah Jamel:Mubarak has gone with the wind. Who's next?You can read all the commentsand add your own at the VOALearning English page on Facebook.Or post a comment at 51voa.com.And that's IN THE NEWSin VOA Special English.