The lawyer defending Hosni Mubarak has told the court that there is not a shred of evidence linking Mubarak to a controversial gas deal with Israel.
Deposed Egypt leader Hosni Mubarak has denied murder and graft charges after being wheeled into a caged dock on a stretcher to face his accusers.
Deposed president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons will face charges of graft and ordering the deaths of protesters during Egypt’s uprising in January.
Hosni Mubarak was placed in detention, prosecutors said on Wednesday shortly after state media reported his two sons had also been detained.
The sons of Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak, Alaa and Gamal, have been placed in detention for two weeks.
Thousands of Egyptians demanded an end to President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule and clashed with police on Tuesday.
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/ 3 November 2008
Egypt’s ruling party wrapped up its conference on Monday with President Hosni Mubarak’s son avoiding the question of who will succeed his father.
Social tensions in Egypt over the past year have eroded overwhelming expectations that Gamal Mubarak will succeed his father President Hosni Mubarak at the helm of the most populous Arab country. An unprecedented wave of labour strikes and public anger over high prices and poor wages, may eventually drive the main pillars of the ruling elite to look into other scenarios.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, now in his 27th year as leader of the Arab world’s most populous nation, turns 80 on Sunday with no clear successor in sight. One of the oldest executive heads of state in the world, Mubarak leads a country where more than 60% of the population have never known any other president.
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/ 5 November 2007
Egypt’s ruling party gave ageing politician Safwat el-Sherif another term as party secretary general on Monday, ending speculation that President Hosni Mubarak’s son Gamal might take that position. Sherif (73) has been near the top of the National Democratic Party (NDP) since its foundation in 1977 and has been secretary general since 2002.
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/ 29 October 2007
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Monday his country will launch a programme to build several civilian nuclear power stations. He did not say when the government would start building the stations but added Egypt would cooperate with the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency.