Mubarak detained for further 15 days

CAIRO, Apr 22 (AFP): Egypt's state prosecutor has renewed the detention of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak for another 15 days amid a probe into a deadly crackdown on protesters and corruption, MENA news agency said Friday. Mubarak, who was forced to resign in February after mass protests, was first remanded into preventive custody for 15 days on April 13 on suspicion of involvement in a deadly crackdown on protesters and corruption. "The state prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmud decided to renew the detention of ex-president Hosni Mubarak for 15 days for questioning... effective when his last detention period expires," the agency reported. Mubarak is being detained in a hospital in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, where he has lived since his ouster.