That has fueled the anger and has led to this revolt. And that could keep this hunt for Mubarak's money alive for many years, however much it is and wherever it might be hidden.COOPER: It's frustrating to figure this out. I should point out the bottom line is there is no transparency in the Mubarak regime, hasn't been for 30 years. That's part of the Discount Tiffany Keys in trying to track this down is there's no accounting, there's no public accounting, he's not accountable to anybody, even though there is this constitution.And even the Egyptian military, which is very mysterious, they own property. They own businesses that they generate huge sums of money in ways which aren't really clear to outsiders.
So there's a lot of stuff going on inside the regime that, frankly, we can't figure out at this point, which is I think clearly the bottom line in Tom's report there. Tom, appreciate it.Isha Sesay Discount Tiffany Money Clips following some other stories in a "360 Bulletin" -- Isha.ISHA SESAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Anderson, Vice President Joe Biden today unveiled a White House plan to spend $53 billion on high-speed rail over the next six years. And that's on top of the $10.5 billion the administration has Discount Tiffany Necklaces spent on fast rail. Details of the new investment will be in the proposed budget due out next week.A new study by Canadian researchers predicts that polar bears will have fewer cubs and more miscarriages as climate change melts ice on Alberta's Hudson Bay.
An estimated 900 polar bears live in the area, down from 1,200 a decade ago.And Anderson, check out the woman on the right of your screen. She's the one in the red coat running towards six men trying to break into a jewelry store in England. She stops them by clobbering them with her handbag. They were armed with sledgehammers.COOPER: Discount Tiffany Notes you kidding?SESAY: The woman you're looking at is 65 years old. She has earned the nickname Super Granny in British papers. Four suspects have been arrested.I say, go, granny power.COOPER: Amazing. She could have been, you know, severely hurt. So she's very lucky. But that...SESAY: She's very, very cute (ph). She's making me proud.
Look at another part of this. The Egyptian constitution says, "The salary of the president shall be fixed by law. He may not receive any other salary or remunerations, may not exercise any free profession or undertake any commercial, financial or industrial activity," and on and on it goes."Now obviously, there are a lot of questions as to whether or not Discount Tiffany Bracelets pays attention to the constitution. But even if this regime is corrupt, to amass such a huge fortune, you'd have to be talking about a very long-time constitution-bucking levels of corruption, which would be relatively hard to hide, Anderson.COOPER: So I mean, it seems like we're -- frankly just don't know. I mean, what do the Mubaraks --
I mean, they're not talking about this. He's obviously a very wealthy man. No one is disputing that, do they?FOREMAN: No. Nobody is disputing that. It's plausible that he could indeed, as you said, have Discount Tiffany Cuff Links and billions of dollars.Much of the speculation on his supposed fortune swirls around his time in the military and the notion that he may have engineered massive profits for himself in military contracts, and then played out those connections over the years.There's no proof of that, but even if it Discount Tiffany Earrings proved, locating that money for some sort of national reclamation, if that's what people want, is fraught with problems. The Swiss could possibly reveal whether or not he had hidden assets in their country this week. We're waiting to see that.
But that's just one place he could have stashed money. Think about all the tax and money havens around the world. We've been chasing rumors all day about property here family members may own all over the globe.But one forensic accountant we spoke to said, "Look, there are rulers who are driven from power years ago, and authorities have yet to track down all of Discount Tiffany Key Rings secret wealth," Anderson.COOPER: Compared to the afternoon Egyptian, he's obviously extraordinarily wealthy.FOREMAN: Yes, yes, that's -- and that's really why this is such political dynamite. There are 80 million Egyptians, and as you mentioned, one out of every five lives on less than $2 a day.
Estimates of President Mubarak's personal fortune are fanning the outrage in Liberation Square. The question is how much is Mubarak really worth? We're trying to find out. It's not so easy. Tom Foreman digs into the math, ahead.And later, the facts on how many people are being detained and tortured in Egypt, even as the new vice president insists it's safe Tiffany 1837 bangle protestors to speak their mind. A reality check ahead.(COMMERCIAL BREAK)COOPER: I want to show you a picture taken today by an iReporter in Liberation Square. The sign held by the protestor on the left says, "My father won't steal $70 billion from me."
A reference to one of the highest estimates of Hosni Mubarak's personal fortune.It's impossible to say exactly how much money the Egyptian dictator has stashed away. But even the Tiffany 1837 bangle estimates are in the tens of billions. Meantime, 20 percent of Egyptians live in poverty.According to the World Bank, the median -- median annual income in Egypt is just $2,070. That's compared to $17,700 in Saudi Arabia, $46,360 in America. Tom Foreman has been looking into the Mubarak fortune.Tom, what have you found?TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Anderson, we Tiffany Knots cuff that a variety of news organizations, as you mentioned, toss around some very big numbers, putting Mr. Mubarak's personal fortune at somewhere between $40 and maybe $70, $75 billion.
We also know that those number involved a lot of guesswork. Just look at that range: $35 billion. So these could be way, way off.Part of the trouble is also at this high-end estimate, it just doesn't fit in very well with what we know about other rich people in the world.For example, "Forbes" says the richest man in the world right now is this Mexican telecom owner. His wealth Paloma's Grown of Heart bangle estimated at almost $54 billion. So look at that, $54 billion, versus $75 billion, $70 billion. This would make Mubarak the richest man in the world right now. That raises some eyebrows and makes people say maybe this isn't quite right.
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