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| Egypt: Hosni Mubarak retrial to begin on 13 April | Egypt: Hosni Mubarak retrial to begin on 13 April |
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| Former President Hosni Mubarak will face retrial on 13 April, Egypt's appeal's court has decided. | Former President Hosni Mubarak will face retrial on 13 April, Egypt's appeal's court has decided. |
| He faces charges of conspiring to kill protesters during the 2011 revolt that ended his 29-year rule, and corruption. | He faces charges of conspiring to kill protesters during the 2011 revolt that ended his 29-year rule, and corruption. |
| A retrial was ordered in January after a court accepted his appeal against the life sentence he had been serving since his conviction last June. | A retrial was ordered in January after a court accepted his appeal against the life sentence he had been serving since his conviction last June. |
| Mr Mubarak, 84, is currently in a military hospital. About 850 people were killed in the 2011 crackdown. | Mr Mubarak, 84, is currently in a military hospital. About 850 people were killed in the 2011 crackdown. |
| News of the retrial came as his successor as president, Mohammed Morsi, met US Secretary of State John Kerry, who was concluding a two-day visit to Egypt. | |
| The two leaders were said to have discussed Egypt's political crisis as well as Syria, Iran and Middle East peace. | |
| Mr Kerry's departure from Cairo had to be delayed because hundreds of Al-Ahly football supporters, known as Ultras, blocked the road to the airport demanding justice over last year's football riot in Port Said in which 74 fans died. | |
| Protesters' anger | Protesters' anger |
| The ex-president will face the same charges as before, as will his two sons and a former interior minister, Habib al-Adly. | |
| Mr al-Adly was sentenced to life last year for contributing to the killing of protesters, and for five and 12 years for corruption charges. | |
| Mr Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa, will be retried on corruption charges for which they were acquitted in June, because of the expiry of a statute of limitations. | Mr Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa, will be retried on corruption charges for which they were acquitted in June, because of the expiry of a statute of limitations. |
| Mr Mubarak was also found not guilty of corruption. | Mr Mubarak was also found not guilty of corruption. |
| In addition, six Mubarak aides will also return to the dock, the Mena state news agency reported. | |
| Anger sparked by the acquittal of key security officials over the protesters' deaths was a major factor in demonstrations in the wake of the June 2012 verdicts. | Anger sparked by the acquittal of key security officials over the protesters' deaths was a major factor in demonstrations in the wake of the June 2012 verdicts. |
| During the 10-month trial, Mubarak appeared in court on a stretcher, amid frequent reports about his ill-health. | During the 10-month trial, Mubarak appeared in court on a stretcher, amid frequent reports about his ill-health. |
| He was treated in a military hospital after falling in his prison bathroom in December. | He was treated in a military hospital after falling in his prison bathroom in December. |
| Families of protesters who died in the 2011 crackdown were disappointed that the former president was not convicted of ordering the killings. | Families of protesters who died in the 2011 crackdown were disappointed that the former president was not convicted of ordering the killings. |
| There was also been anger among some that he has not faced trial for abuses allegedly committed earlier in his rule. | There was also been anger among some that he has not faced trial for abuses allegedly committed earlier in his rule. |