The rumors about the death of Egypt’s toppled President Hosni Mubarak, who stays at the hospital on the outskirts of Cairo, continue to emerge in the media. Al Ahram website said on Monday that Mubarak’s heart stopped beating. Later during the day, though, the publication reported with reference to medical sources that the rumor was not true to fact. Previously, the website said that the... 

Extraordinary scene: Tens of thousands of protesters pray in Tahrir Square the day after Mubarak once again refused to step down. Reports have claimed that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarakand his family have left the capital Cairo. TV news station Al Arabiya reported that Mr Mubarak had left for an ‘undisclosed location’, but was not thought to have fled the country. It is claimed he flew... 

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak recently appointed his first-ever deputy, Intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, and Suleiman is now coming under fire for cooperating the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) . According to AFP, Suleiman has been linked to a program thought up by the CIA that saw terror suspects questioned using torture. Under the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program,... 

Gamal Mubarak, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's son who is widely tipped as his successor, has fled to London with his family, Arabic website Akhbar al-Arab said on Tuesday. Gamal Mubarak, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s son who is widely tipped as his successor, has fled to London with his family, Arabic website Akhbar al-Arab said on Tuesday. The report came as violent unrest broke... 

President Mubarak’s security services have a tighter grip than those in Tunisia. Thousands of Egyptians are expected to protest today against the repressive 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak. If there are mass demonstrations, it will be the biggest test so far of the theory that this month’s Tunisian uprising could result in a domino effect across the region. Egypt’s biggest...