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                         Mubarak Judge Recuses Himself

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   The judge in the retrial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has
   referred the case to another court.
   The ruling came not long after the 84-year-old Mr. Mubarak arrived at
   the Cairo courtroom Saturday and was wheeled in on a hospital
   stretcher.
   Mr. Mubarak faces retrial following the appeal of his life sentence for
   complicity in the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the Arab
   Spring movement.
   Mr. Mubarak was granted an appeal in January after a judge ruled last
   year that he and his former interior minister failed to stop the
   killing of nearly 1,000 protesters in 2011 in the movement that led up
   to his ouster.
   Mr. Mubarak and five others, including aides, were charged in the case.
   Egypt`s highest appeals court granted Mr. Mubarak a retrial on the
   requests of the prosecution and defense after complaints that the
   prosecution`s evidence was weak.
   Separately, Mr. Mubarak`s two sons are also facing legal challenges.
   Gamal and Alaa Mubarak are being retried on corruption charges.
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