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Egypt court drops case against ex-president Hosni Mubarak over 2011 protester deaths

Egypt court drops case against ex-president Hosni Mubarak over 2011 protester deaths
Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak has been acquitted of murder and corruption charges.

Cairo: An Egyptian court on Saturday dropped its case against ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his interior minister and six aides on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolt that removed him from power.

The court also cleared Mubarak and a former oil minister of graft charges related to gas exports to Israel.

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