Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak appears in court

Former president arrives for trial on a hospital stretcher to face charges of corruption and the killing of protesters.

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Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, has appeared in court to face charges of corruption and the unlawful killing of protesters during the revolution that forced him from power in February.

Mubarak was flown to Cairo for the trial on Wednesday from Sharm el-Sheikh, the Red Sea resort where he has lived since his removal from power. He arrived at the court in an ambulance and was taken into the defendant's cage on a hospital stretcher.

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