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Ousted Egyptian leader stretchered into court
Egypt's fallen dictator Hosni Mubarak was wheeled into court on a stretcher as his trial for the deaths of protesters resumed on Monday, live footage broadcast by state television showed.
Mubarak (83) is being treated in a military hospital for a heart condition between sessions of the trial.
He faces execution if he is convicted of ordering the killings of protesters during the uprising that overthrew him in February.
The trial resumed last week after a three month hiatus that saw the country's first parliamentary election since his ouster and a spike in deadly protests against the generals who took charge after his overthrow.
During the break, lawyers for Mubarak's alleged victims had tried to dismiss chief judge Ahmed Refaat, whom they accused of bias towards the defence, but failed.
http://mg.co.za/article/2012-01-02-ousted-egyptian-leader-stretchered-into-court
