An Egyptian court has granted Hosni Mubarak’s appeal of his life sentence, ordering a retrial of the ousted president.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is in a coma but off life support after being thought close to death.

Doctors used a defibrillator twice on Hosni Mubarak when they could not find a pulse, the latest health crisis for the ousted Egyptian president since he was sentenced to life and moved to a prison hospital 10 days ago, security officials said.

The health of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has deteriorated further, security officials said.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s condition has deteriorated so much that doctors had to constantly administer oxygen to him overnight, security officials said today.

Hosni Mubarak’s health has deteriorated in the three days since an Egyptian court sentenced him to life imprisonment over the killing of protesters, a security official said today.

Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year’s uprising that forced him from power.

Syrian forces have detained and tortured children as young as 13 as president Bashar al-Assad’s regime tries to crush a nearly 11-month-old uprising, Human Rights Watch said, as fresh clashes erupted between regime troops and rebels in the country’s south.

THE prosecutor in the trial of Hosni Mubarak has demanded the death penalty for the ousted Egyptian leader on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year’s uprising against his rule.

The prosecutor in the trial of Hosni Mubarak has demanded the death penalty for the ousted Egyptian leader on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year’s uprising against his rule.

Hosni Mubarak is "politically and legally" responsible for the killing of protesters during the 18-day uprising that toppled his regime last year, his trial heard today.

THE chief prosecutor delivered the harshest assessment of Hosni Mubarak’s rule ever heard in an Egyptian courtroom, accusing the ousted leader of tyranny and corruption and saying he devoted the last 10 years of his three decades in power to ensuring his son would succeed him.

The chief prosecutor delivered the harshest assessment of Hosni Mubarak’s rule ever heard in an Egyptian courtroom today, accusing the ousted leader of tyranny and corruption and saying he devoted the last 10 years of his three decades in power to ensuring his son would succeed him.

THE trial of Hosni Mubarak resumed yesterday amid speculation that a recent acquittal of policemen tried for killing Egyptian protesters could be a prelude to the dismissal of charges against the ousted leader.

The trial of Hosni Mubarak has resumed in Egypt amid speculation that the recent acquittal of policemen tried for killing protesters could be a prelude to the dismissal of charges against the ousted leader.

AT least a dozen Syrian secret police have defected from an intelligence compound, activists said, in what appeared to be the first major desertion from a service that has acted as a pillar of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.

Egypt’s powerful former information minister has been found guilty of corruption and jailed for seven years.

RELATIVES of protesters killed during Egypt’s uprising fought with police and tried to force their way into a Cairo court yesterday for the latest session in the trial of overthrown president Hosni Mubarak.

A police commander who agreed to give evidence backing claims that Egypt’s former government ordered protesters to be shot went back on his word today.

Relatives of protesters killed during Egypt’s uprising fought with police and tried to force their way into a Cairo court today for the latest session in the trial of overthrown president Hosni Mubarak.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak returned to a Cairo court in a hospital bed today for the next session of his trial on charges of corruption and complicity in killing protesters during the country's uprising.

Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak was dragged into public court in his hospital bed today to face charges of being behind the deaths of hundreds of protesters who helped cause his downfall.

Egypt’s ailing former president, Hosni Mubarak, lay on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom today as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising which ousted him.

Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak is to stand trial on charges of conspiring in the killing of protesters during the uprising that overthrew him.

The wife of ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, was in intensive care today after suffering severe chest pains when she heard the news that she had been arrested over corruption claims.

One of Egypt’s most feared government ministers today went on trial accused of ordering the killing of unarmed protesters during the uprising that removed President Hosni Mubarak.

EGYPTIAN ex-president Hosni Mubarak’s health has further deteriorated, state media said, hours after he and his two sons were placed under 15-day detention in an inquiry into violence against protesters.

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak will be detained for 15 days, the country's prosecutor general announced today, amid accusations of corruption and abuse of authority.

EGYPT’S former president Hosni Mubarak suffered a “heart crisis” during questioning over the killing of protesters and embezzling of public funds and is now in intensive care, state media said.

Egypt’s former leader Hosni Mubarak and his family were banned from travelling abroad and had all their funds seized today.

An owner of the farm where Saddam Hussein was captured once served as a guard at a presidential palace, but had no idea the Iraqi dictator was hiding on his land, his wife said.

At least 3,240 civilians died in Iraq during a month of war, including 1,896 in Baghdad, according to a five-week investigation by the Associated Press.