Mubarak ill

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.

The official MENA news agency reported that the 82-year-old former strongman, in police custody in a Red Sea resort hospital, was in “unstable” condition.

His two sons, Gamal and Alaa, were transferred to a Cairo prison.