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| Egypt: Mubarak to be retried over killings of protesters | Egypt: Mubarak to be retried over killings of protesters |
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| An appeals court in Egypt has ordered former President Hosni Mubarak to stand trial again over the killing of protesters in 2011. | An appeals court in Egypt has ordered former President Hosni Mubarak to stand trial again over the killing of protesters in 2011. |
| Mubarak was cleared in a retrial in November 2014 after originally being jailed for life over the death of 800 people during the revolution. | Mubarak was cleared in a retrial in November 2014 after originally being jailed for life over the death of 800 people during the revolution. |
| He was separately convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail earlier this year. | He was separately convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail earlier this year. |
| Mubarak, 87, is currently in the Maadi military hospital in Cairo. | |
| The judge at the Court of Cassation said Mubarak would be retried on 5 November. It will be the third time the case has been heard. | The judge at the Court of Cassation said Mubarak would be retried on 5 November. It will be the third time the case has been heard. |
| Mubarak had been convicted of conspiracy to kill in June 2012, but a retrial was ordered on a technicality the following year. The decision to drop the charges sparked protests, with demonstrators clashing with police near Tahrir Square. | |
| The former president, who was in power for nearly 30 years, stepped down in February 2011 after mass protests against his rule. | |
| He has faced a series of trials and retrials over the killings and corruption and the time he has spent in custody means he has already served his three-year jail term for embezzlement. |