Thursday, August 22, 2013

Egypt: Former President Hosni Mubarak released from jail - placed under house arrest

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. PHOTO/File

Toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak left jail for under house arrest on Thursday but his release stirred little reaction as Egypt wrestles with the fallout from Islamist president Mohamed Mursi's ouster.

Mubarak, who was overthrown in a 2011 uprising, was flown from Tora prison in Cairo, a day after a court granted him conditional pre-trial release.

But an order from the country's interim prime minister, who has additional powers under

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