Bedridden Hosni Mubarak faces trial

The ousted Egyptian president appeared in court for allegedly ordering the killing of protesters last year.

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Jan. 5, 2012

Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled on a stretcher into court for his murder trial in Cairo. The chief prosecutor in Mubarak's trial delivered an emotional appeal to the court to sentence the fallen Egyptian leader to hang for the killings of protesters during the revolt that overthrew him. Wrapping up their closing arguments, prosecutors said Mubarak should be executed for ordering the demonstrators' deaths.

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Jan. 5, 2012

Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters demonstrate outside a courtroom in Cairo. The prosecutor in the Mubarak trial, Mustafa Khater, demanded the death penalty on Thursday for the ousted Egyptian leader on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising against his rule.

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Sept. 5, 2011

Anti-Mubarak protesters flash a noose and a scale, as a symbol of justice, outside the police academy in Cairo where ex-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is on trial.

Amr Nabil / AP

Sept. 5, 2011

Anti-Mubarak protesters stamp their shoes on the ousted leader's poster outside the police academy in Cairo.

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Sept. 5, 2011

Pro-Mubarak supporters flash posters of the ousted leader outside the police academy.

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Sept. 5, 2011

Egyptian riot police detain an anti-Mubarak protester during clashes with pro-Mubarak demonstrators outside the police academy.

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Sept. 5, 2011

Anti-Mubarak protesters throw stones at riot police posted outside the police academy.

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Sept. 5, 2011

A helicopter believed to be carrying Mubarak is seen through barbed wire outside the police academy, where the ousted leader has been on trial.

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Aug. 15, 2011

Egyptian police intervene as anti-government women clash with a supporter, center, of ousted president Hosni Mubarak outside the police academy where his trial resumed in Cairo.

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Aug. 15, 2011

A Mubarak supporter holds a poster of the ex-president behind riot police during stone-throwing clashes with anti-Mubarak protesters near the police academy in Cairo.

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Aug. 15, 2011

Egyptian police officers help an anti-government protester wounded during clashes with supporters of ousted president Hosni Mubarak outside the police academy.

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Aug. 15, 2011

Egyptians celebrate and wave their national flag as they watch ousted president Hosni Mubarak trial on a screen outside the police academy.

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Aug. 15, 2011

A supporter of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak shouts slogans outside the police academy, where Mubarak's trial will take place in Cairo.

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Aug. 15, 2011

A supporter of Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak, shouts outside the police academy, where Mubarak's trial will take place. The words on her face read, "Mubarak."

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Aug. 15, 2011

An image taken from Egyptian state TV shows ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak gesturing as he lies on a hospital bed inside a cell at his trial in Cairo.

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Aug. 15, 2011

An image taken from Egyptian state TV shows ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak being wheeled on a stretcher into a courtroom in Cairo. The murder and corruption trial resumed in what lawyers say will be a lengthy process that he may successfully appeal.

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Aug. 15, 2011

An anti-Mubarak demonstrator holds a sandal and some money in front of police protecting pro-Mubarak protesters to show that they were paid to support him, as demonstrators from both sides wait in front of the police academy in Cairo.

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Aug. 4, 2011

A man reads the Al-Akhbar newspaper showing photos of ousted President Hosni Mubarak at his trial, outside the Police Academy complex in Cairo where the trial of former Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adly and six top police officials is being held. A day after the start of Hosni Mubarak's historic trial, seven of his co-defendants are back in the courtroom on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that toppled Egypt's longtime president. Thursday's hearing of former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly and six top police officials is being broadcast live on Egyptian state televisions.

Khalil Hamra / AP

Aug. 4, 2011

A defense lawyer speaks during the trial of Hosni Mubarak's security chief Habib el-Adly and six top police officers charged with ordering the use of deadly force against protesters during this year's uprising in Egypt. Habib el-Adly, six senior police officers and ousted President Hosni Mubarak could be sentenced to death if convicted of ordering protesters killed during the uprising that toppled the longtime president on Feb. 11, 2011.

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Aug. 3, 2011

A man watches a giant screen outside the police academy in Cairo, showing ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons Alaa and Gamal, his security chief Habib el-Adly and six top police officers facing trial on charges they ordered the use of lethal force against protesters during Egypt's 18-day uprising.

Amr Nabil / AP

Aug. 3, 2011

Alaa Mubarak, one of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's two sons, covers a camera as he leaves the courtroom during the trial of his father, his brother and himself, at the Police Academy in Cairo. Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, accused of corruption and involvement in killing protesters, went on trial on Wednesday, delighting those who overthrew him and ringing an alarm bell for other autocrats around the Arab world.

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Aug. 3, 2011

Protesters clash outside the court where ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is due to be tried in Cairo.

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Aug. 3, 2011

A supporter of former president Hosni Mubarak is stopped by police officers during clashes with anti-Mubarak protesters outside the police academy where the trial is set to take place in Cairo.

Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

Aug. 3, 2011

This video image taken from Egyptian State Television shows 83-year-old Hosni Mubarak laying on a hospital bed inside a cage in a Cairo courtroom.

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Aug. 3, 2011

A crowd gathers outside the police academy in Cairo to watch Hosni Mubarak stand trial for allegedly ordering the killing of protesters earlier this year.

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Aug. 3, 2011

In this image taken from Egyptian State television, the defendants can be seen inside a cage built in the courtroom.

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Aug. 3, 2011

Judge Ahmed Refaat speaks during the trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

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Aug. 3, 2011

In this image taken from Egyptian State television, security stands by as a van believed to be carrying the defendants arrives outside the courtroom.

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Aug. 3, 2011

A protester is stopped by police officers during clashes with pro-Mubarak supporters outside the police academy, where Mubarak's trial was taking place.

Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

Aug. 3, 2011

An anti-Mubarak protester flashes a noose during a protest outside the police academy in Cairo.

Amr Nabil / AP

Aug. 3, 2011

A helicopter is seen carrying Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak, to face trial.

Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

Aug. 3, 2011

An anti-Mubarak protester holds a flag as he gestures outside the police academy ahead of the ousted leader's trial.

Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

Aug. 3, 2011

An injured man is carried away during clashes between supporters of Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak and anti-Mubarak protesters outside his trial.

Ahmed Ali / AP

Aug. 3, 2011

Pro-Mubarak supporters hold photographs of the former president as they demonstrate outside his trial.

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