Cairo: At least 72 people were killed during clashes in Cairo on Saturday, Egypt's health ministry said, after violence erupted at a demonstration in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
 
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The retrial of Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak begins today in Cairo, with the fate of the ousted strongman largely eclipsed by the deadly turmoil and economic woes gripping the country.

Thousands of well-wishers and Egypt's military brass gathered on Saturday for the funeral of the country's former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, a key figure in the fallen Mubarak regime who died this week in hospital in the United States.

Egypt's former vice president Omar Suleiman, long-time spy chief to deposed president Hosni Mubarak, died on Thursday in the United States aged 77, the official MENA news agency reported.

While Egyptians of most creeds rejoiced over the results of the historic presidential election, there was shock and despair in a corner of Cairo's Tora prison where the Mubarak brothers are lodged.

Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak was declared clinically dead after he was transferred to hospital from prison on Tuesday, state media reported, after his heart stopped beating.

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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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