FILE – On Saturday, April 26, 2014 file photo, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing in his retrial over charges of failing to stop killings of protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his downfall, in the Police Academy-turned-court in the outskirts of Cairo.(Source: AP) FILE – On Saturday, April 26, 2014 file photo, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing in his retrial over charges of failing to stop killings of protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his downfall, in the Police Academy-turned-court in the outskirts of Cairo.(Source: AP)

Egypt’s highest appeals court has ordered the retrial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak on charges that he failed to stop the killing of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 29-year rule.

Thursday’s ruling set Nov. 5 as the date for the start of the new trial.

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Mubarak, who is 86 and in failing health, has since his arrest in April 2011 been held in detention in a number of hospitals.

He now resides at a Nile-side military hospital in a leafy suburb just south of Cairo. The former president, who was in power for nearly 30 years, stepped down in February 2011 after mass protests against his rule.

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