An Egyptian appeals court on Monday ordered the release

of former president Hosni Mubarak in a case involving

charges of orchestrating the deaths of protesters, but he will
remained jailed on corruption allegations.
Mubarak's lawyer sought his release on grounds that the expresident, 84, has already spent two years in prison without
conviction, exceeding the maximum term for temporary
detention.
A court session to retry Mubarak ended abruptly Saturday
when the judge handed the case back to an appeals court.
The former president was sentenced to life in prison last
year, a verdict that was later overturned by another court.
Mubarak's conviction centered on failing to protect
protesters against violence during an uprising which
overthrew him.
However, he also faces new separate corruption charges
that will keep him jailed.
Mubarak is being held at a military hospital in a Cairo
suburb. His lawyers say he is suffering from a variety of
physical ailments.