Egypt's Mubarak released in corruption case

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CAIRO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian court ordered on Monday to release former president Hosni Mubarak over charges of looting funds allocated for maintaining the presidential palaces, state- run Ahram website said.

The Cairo Criminal Court also decided to jail Mubarak's two sons, Alaa and Gamal pending investigations in the same case.

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