World | Hosni Mubarak Mubarak Won't Go to Luxe German Clinic He's not sick, vice president says By Evann Gastaldo Posted Feb 9, 2011 8:09 AM CST Copied 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.” Read These Next Hundreds of South Koreans were detained at a Georgia factory site. The story of a failed secret SEAL mission in North Korea. How you make it up the mountain can earn you cheers, or jeers. An 11-year-old girl gave birth at home. The story gets worse. Report an error