Hosni Mubarak in critical condition

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak is slipping in and out of consciousness eight days after he was transferred to a prison hospital to serve his life sentence, a security official said.
Mubarak's wife, Suzanne, and her two daughters-in-law were granted special permission to visit him early yesterday to quash rumours of his death, the official said at Cairo's Torah prison.
Since then Mubarak has had an irregular heartbeat and required assistance in breathing. The official said Mubarak was consuming only liquids and yoghurt.
Mubarak's health is reported to have collapsed since his conviction on 2 June for failing to stop the killing of protesters during last year's uprising.
Officials have turned down several requests by Mubarak's family to transfer him back to a military facility, where he had been held before his conviction.
On Saturday Mubarak's wife was denied access to the prison hospital's intensive care unit, as family visits are limited to one a month.
According to security officials quoted by al-Masry al-Youm daily, Mubarak lashed out at wardens for not giving her husband permission to seek treatment outside the prison.