#Egypt's Mubarak to stand trial for embezzlement
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An Egyptian man walks past portraits of Egypt’s military commander Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who is to run for the presidency in the upcoming elections on January 31, 2014 on the 6th October Bridge in Cairo. (Photo: AFP - Fayez Nureldine)
Ousted Egyptian president #Hosni_Mubarak, in court for alleged incitement to kill protesters and corruption, is to also stand trial this month on embezzlement charges, the prosecution said Thursday. Mubarak, 85, has remained in a military hospital in Cairo since he was freed from prison in August after the maximum pre-trial detention period expired. He had been convicted of involvement in the murder of protesters during the 2011 uprising that toppled him, but a court ordered a retrial last year on technical grounds. (...)