AhlulBayt News Agency

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Tuesday

27 December 2011

8:30:00 PM
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Egypt's Mubarak back in court as trial resumes

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak has been brought back into a Cairo's courtroom for the resumption of his trial after a three months' break.

Mubarak is charged with complicity in the deaths of nearly 840 protesters in the crackdown against a popular uprising, which ended with his ouster on Feb. 11. He could face the death penalty if convicted.

Egyptian TV showed footage of the 83-year-old Mubarak, covered by a green blanket and lying on a hospital gurney. He was brought from a helicopter and taken to an ambulance for a short ride to the court house Wednesday .

Mubarak has been under arrest in a hospital since April.

The trial's last hearing was in September when the head of the military council, which took power after Mubarak's ouster, testified in a closed-door session.

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