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Egypt’s state prosecutor on Tuesday renewed the detention of ousted president Hosni Mubarak for another 15 days amid a probe into the killing of...

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CAIRO - Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was hospitalised this week due to a drop in blood pressure, and his condition is stable, state media reported late Saturday.
Mubarak, who is suspected of involvement in the deaths of anti-regime protesters, was previously reported to have suffered a heart attack during questioning by prosecutors on Tuesday.
But the MENA state news agency reported that the 82-year-old had suffered from a "steep decline in blood pressure" at the

CAIRO - Egypt's state prosecutor on Friday decided to move ailing ex-president Hosni Mubarak to a military hospital, then to prison when his health improves, in a probe over a deadly crackdown on protesters that could send him to the gallows, state media reported.
Mubarak and his sons Gamal and Alaa were remanded into custody this week on suspicion of involvement in the deaths of protesters during the 18-day protest that forced him to resign in February. If convicted on the most

CAIRO - Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak, in detention pending a probe into state violence against protesters, was reported Thursday to be in "stable" condition after suffering a heart attack.
The official MENA news agency in a brief statement said the 82-year-old former strongman's condition was "stable and reassuring." Egyptian protesters who spearheaded a popular uprising that toppled Mubarak in February, hailed his detention and that of his two sons as a "positive step" by

CAIRO - Egypt's ailing ex-president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons have been placed in detention for 15 days as part of an inquiry into the use of force against protesters, prosecutors said Wednesday. A statement on the public prosecutor's Facebook page said chief prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmud authorised the detentions "as part of an inquiry into the use of force against protesters during the unrest in January and February." Security officials said Mubarak was placed under detention

CAIRO - Egypt's ailing ex-president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons have been placed in detention for 15 days as part of an inquiry into the use of force against protesters, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
A statement on the public prosecutor's Facebook page said chief prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmud authorised the detentions "as part of an inquiry into the use of force against protesters during the unrest in January and February."
Security officials said Mubarak was placed

CAIRO - Hosni Mubarak was in hospital after suffering heart problems under questioning, following protests by hard-core reformists who said he was being protected from prosecution by Egypt's military rulers.
The former Egyptian president fell ill on Tuesday during an inquiry into the killing of protesters in a revolution that toppled him and into corruption in his administration.
Egypt's generals, in charge since Mubarak quit on Feb. 11, have faced increasingly loud calls

CAIRO - Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was taken to an intensive care unit after suffering heart problems, Egyptian state television reported. Mubarak was admitted to hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, where he had been staying since leaving office, after being taken ill during questioning over the killing of protesters and embezzling of public funds, state TV said. Mubarak was, however, well enough to keep answering questions from investigators, Al Arabiya television quoted a

CAIRO - Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak received a summons to appear before a Cairo court for questioning and special security is being arranged, state-run al-Ahram newspaper quoted the interior minister as saying. The public prosecutor issued the summons on Sunday as part of probes into the killing of protesters and the embezzlement of public funds, but the ousted president said allegations of wrongdoing levelled against him were lies.
The minister, Mansour el-Essawy,

BRUSSELS - The European Union on Monday froze the assets of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and 18 people in his inner circle. The sanctions against resources owned by people identified as "responsible for the misappropriation of Egyptian state funds" were signed off by foreign ministers meeting in Brussels.
The move follows a Cairo criminal court ruling which upheld a decision to freeze the assets of Mubarak and his family. Diplomats said the EU list, to be published

CAIRO - Egyptians turned out in droves on Saturday to get their first taste of democracy after president Hosni Mubarak was forced to relinquish his 30-year grip on power last month in the face of mass protests. Long queues formed outside voting centres throughout the first half of the day, something unheard of in the Mubarak era, when turnout was always miniscule as voters assumed their ballots would make no difference. Hordes of voters flocked to polling stations across Cairo from

CAIRO - Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq unexpectedly resigned on Thursday, sparking celebrations from protesters who demand a purge of the remnants of ousted president Hosni Mubarak's regime.
The country's military rulers said he would be replaced by Essam Sharaf, a former transport minister who joined the rallies in Cairo's Tahrir Square that led to Mubarak's resignation on February 11. Strongman Mubarak appointed Shafiq in the dying days of his rule in a bid to quell the

CAIRO - Egypt on Monday slapped a ban on ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family travelling abroad, and also imposed a freeze on their assets, judicial officials said. Besides Mubarak, who resigned on February 11 following weeks of protests, the decision also applied for his wife Suzanne, his two sons Ala and Gamal, and their wives, according to the same source.
Mubarak stepped down after three decades of iron-fisted rule, handing control over to the army and heading to

CAIRO - Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been 'very unwell' and he is suffering from severe psychological stress after being forced to resign from his post, officials and media reports have said. Ambulances and doctors were seen driving along the private driveway of Mubarak's mansion in Sharm el-Sheikh, and security guards said that he was not well, The Times reported on Tuesday.
"He is a very, very sick man," said a security guard, who has worked for Mubarak for three

CAIRO - Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq said on Sunday he believed the former President Hosni Mubarak was in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. "What I know is that the (former) president is in Sharm el-Sheikh," Shafiq told reporters. A cabinet spokesman said there had been no request to freeze Mubarak's assets abroad, but "if there is a need, they will do it".
The prime minister, charged with running domestic affairs by Egypt's new military rulers, said the economy was

TEHRAN - Iran on Saturday revelled in US discomfiture at the loss of veteran ally Hosni Mubarak and pointedly ignored parallels, bluntly drawn by Washington, between the protest movements in Cairo and Tehran.
Iranian officials trumpeted the fact that the veteran Egyptian strongman's shock resignation after 18 straight days of protests came on February 11 -- the same day as the 1979 Islamic revolution which overthrew the US-backed shah. And disregarding US accusations of