CAIRO (AP) --
Officials say an Egyptian court has ordered the release of ex-President
Hosni Mubarak, but it's not immediately clear whether the prosecutors
will appeal the order.
The Wednesday decision
comes in a hearing on charges against Mubarak of accepting gifts from a
state-owned newspaper, the last case that has kept the ailing leader in
detention.
It raises the possibility that
Mubarak will walk free, a move that is likely to fuel the unrest roiling
the country after the autocratic leader's successor was removed in a
military coup last month. The officials spoke anonymously because they
are not authorized to speak to the media.
Mubarak,
85, has been held since April 2011. He's now on trial for the killing
of protesters during the 2011 uprising against him and other charges.
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