Egypt court to retry Mubarak over murder charge An Egyptian appeals court will retry former president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising, after annulling a decision to drop murder charges against the former strongman. The Court of Cassation on Thursday accepted the prosecution's appeal against the dismissal of the murder charge levelled at Mubarak, who had initially been sentenced to life imprisonment. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES