Rumours about the health of Eygpt’s ousted former President Hosni Mubarak are raging after state television on Sunday said that Mr Mubarak had fallen into a coma, a report strongly denied by the Ministry of Health.
The following is a list of key events since the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, almost five months after he was ousted in popular unrest:
February 11: After daily mass protests and deaths in clashes with security forces and regime loyalists, Mr Mubarak steps down and leaves Cairo for his residence in Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea.
13: The army suspends the constitution and says it will rule Egypt for six months, at which point elections will take place.
March 11: Four top members of the Mubarak regime jailed on charges of ordering security forces to shoot protesters during the revolution, which left 846 people dead and 6,000 injured.
15: The army disbands the former regime’s hated security police.
19: Voters approve the proposed new Constitution, with 77.2 per cent voting “yes”.
30: The military regime announces a parliamentary election for September, to be followed by a Presidential ballot one or two months later.
April 9: Major new rally in Cairo, with demonstrators contesting the military regime and calling for Mr Mubarak to be tried. At least one person dies as the rally is dispersed.
13: Authorities say Mr Mubarak and his two sons have been detained for 15 days as part of an inquiry into the January-February events. The former President is reported to have suffered heart problems during questioning.
16: The Higher Administrative Court dissolves Mubarak’s National Democratic Party and orders the seizure of its assets.
May 7: Fifteen die and 200 injured as Muslims and Christians clash in Cairo.
17: Suzanne Mubarak, the wife of the ex-President, freed after remitting her assets to the state.
28: Egypt reopens the crossing point with the Gaza Strip permanently.
June 1: Mr Mubarak and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, are to face trial on August 3 on charges of ordering the killing of protesters and fraud. According to his lawyer, Mr Mubarak is suffering from stomach cancer.
6: The Muslim Brotherhood’s new political party is declared legal.
22: The Muslim Brotherhood joins forces with 17 other parties, including liberal and secular groups.
28: A Cairo court orders the dissolution of local councils whose representatives were elected under Mr Mubarak’s regime.
29: Some 1,036 injured in clashes between protesters and anti-riot police in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
July 5: A former minister sentenced in absentia to five years in jail and three others acquitted in corruption trials.
6: Hundreds demonstrate in Suez after a court confirms the bail of police accused of murdering protesters.
7: The public prosecutor refers 25 people to trial for murder during one of the most bloody days of the uprising.
8: Tens of thousands of people take to the streets to criticise the new military rulers over the slow pace of reform.
13: The ruling military council seeks to placate protesters by announcing the sacking of hundreds of police officers and a delay of parliamentary elections.
15: Thousands rally across Egypt, capping a week of nationwide sit-ins to demand political change as anger grows with the military rulers.
16: Caretaker Prime Minister Essam Sharaf appoints two deputy Premiers in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at appeasing protesters.
17: Mr Mubarak in a coma, state television cites his lawyer as saying, a report strongly denied by the Minsitry of Health.
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