Egyptian court drops case against Mubarak
Updated: 2014-11-29 17:34
(Agencies)
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CAIRO - An Egyptian court on Saturday dropped its case against ousted president Hosni Mubarak 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.
Mubarak's interior minister Habib el-Adly and six aides were also cleared of charges related to the killing of protesters in 2011.
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