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Egyptian Protesters Demand Corruption Trials

   VOA News  April 11, 2011
   Egyptian protesters wave Libya's old national flag and an Egyptian flag
   as they demonstrate in the Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, April 10,
   2011.

Photo: AP

   Egyptian protesters wave Libya's old national flag and an Egyptian flag
   as they demonstrate in the Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, April 10,
   2011.

   A few hundred Egyptian protesters have defied an army demand to leave
   Cairo's main Tahrir Square and are vowing to stay until Egypt holds
   former officials accountable for corruption.
   Protesters have stepped up pressure on Egypt's ruling military to try
   ousted president Hosni Mubarak and members of his government for
   corruption and other crimes. The demonstrators remained behind barbed
   wire blockades Monday as the army kept its distance.
   On Sunday, Egypt's public prosecutor said he would summon Mubarak for
   questioning about the killing of protesters and the embezzlement of
   public funds, as hundreds of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square
   demanded he be brought to trial.
   A statement from the prosecutor said Mubarak's sons Gamal and Alaa also
   were summoned in the corruption probe. Also, authorities detained
   former prime minister Ahmed Nazif for 15 days as part of a corruption
   investigation.
   Mubarak declared in remarks broadcast Sunday that the allegations
   against him are unfounded.
   Egypt's Military Court, meanwhile, sentenced blogger Maikel Nabil on
   Monday to three years in jail for writings critical of the military. He
   was charged with "insulting the military" and "disturbing public
   security."

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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