Report: Mubarak's health deteriorates in Egypt jail
By REUTERS
CAIRO - Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's health suffered a "severe deterioration" on Tuesday after the 84-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment last week and transferred to a Cairo jail, the official news agency reported.Citing sources in Tora prison, it said Mubarak's health deteriorated after a family visit on Monday that included his wife and wives of his two sons. The sons are detained pending trial in a case involving alleged share-price manipulation.Mubarak is being held in the prison hospital, after he had been held a military hospital during his 10-month trial. He was jailed on Saturday for his role in killing protesters who rose up against him.The agency said "the severe deterioration in the former president's condition" prompted prison staff to bring in an Interior Ministry medical team. He was given sedatives and placed under observation, it added.Read full story here.Rocket sirens sound across northern Israel
