Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak is in a coma and has been placed on an artificial respirator, a medical source said, after the state news agency said he had been declared clinically dead.

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Egypt's authorities will soon issue a statement on the health of Hosni Mubarak, state television said on Wednesday, after conflicting reports said the ex-president was clinically dead or in a coma.

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Hosni Mubarak was in a coma on Wednesday but off life support and his heart and other vital organs were functioning, according to security officials.

Overnight, state media reported that the 84-year

An Egyptian prison official says former President Hosni Mubarak's health has taken a turn to the worst and he is likely to be moved out of his prison hospital to a military facility nearby.

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Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak has suffered a stroke and been defibrillated in prison and is on his way from prison to hospital, state news agency MENA said Tuesday.

The agency said Mubarak had s

Several thousand Egyptians took to Tahrir Square on Tuesday to protest against the ruling military's bid to grab new powers, as both presidential candidates claimed victory in a historic vote.

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The Muslim Brotherhood has declared that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election.

Morsi 'is the first civilian, popularly elected Egyptian president', the group says on its w

Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi claimed victory on Monday in Egypt's first free presidential vote, as the military handed itself sweeping powers in a move denounced by activists as a 'coup

Egypt's military told parliament on Saturday it has been dissolved and banned its members from entering the house after a court annulled the last legislative poll, official media and a senior MP said.

Rumour had it a devious conspiracy was afoot: Egyptians voting for a new president on Sunday were being tricked into using pens with disappearing ink so their choice on the ballot would vanish before