Egypt demolishes Mubarak's party headquarters
Cairo, 1 Jun - (ANA) - Egypt has begun demolishing the headquarters of the now-dissolved party of former President Hosni Mubarak. The building in Cairo near Tahrir Square was torched in the 2011 uprising that toppled Mubarak. Demolition workers also began tearing down a nearby office block that was once the centre of state bureaucracy. Egypt's government approved the move in April and said that the land would be given to the neighbouring Egyptian Museum. Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) was dissolved in April 2011 and its assets, including its headquarters on the River Nile, were seized. The ex-leader remains in the Maadi Military Hospital in Cairo where he has been held amid his trials. His two sons were also given four years in prison in the same case, which centres on the embezzlement of $14m (£9.2m) earmarked for renovation of presidential palaces. In June, Egypt's highest court is due to decide whether to allow an appeal against a lower court ruling that dropped murder charges against Mubarak. (ANA)

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