By MAGGIE MICHAEL
The Associated Press
CAIRO — Egypt's state news agency says former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons will go on trial Aug. 3.
In this Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, veteran labor activist and journalist Hossam el-Hamalawy receives a phone call while discussing the future of Egypt's revolution with an Associated Press reporter in a popular cafe in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The prominent Egyptian activist said Monday, May 30, 2011 that he has been summoned for questioning by the country's military rulers over comments on a popular television program criticizing their human rights record. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2010 file photo, Egypt's then President Hosni Mubarak listens as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu, unseen, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Egypt's state news agency says former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons will go on trial on Aug. 3. The Middle East News Agency quoted a court official on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, as saying Mubarak will be tried on charges of corruption and intentionally killing protesters during the 18-day uprising that ousted him on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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The Middle East News Agency quoted a court official on Wednesday as saying Mubarak will be tried on charges of corruption and intentionally killing protesters during the 18-day uprising that ousted him on Feb. 11.
More than 800 protesters were killed during the revolt.
On Tuesday, a government-chosen panel of physicians declared Mubarak too ill to be imprisoned while awaiting trial. The team said that Mubarak's heart condition put him at risk of a sudden attack.
The panel reported to the country's general prosecutor that the 83-year-old former president also was suffering from depression.
Mubarak has been in custody at a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh since April.
After Mubarak's ouster, tens of thousands of protesters have held protest over the past months pressing for Mubarak trial.
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June 01, 2011 10:06 AM EDT
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