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Egypt’s Mubarak to undergo bile duct operation

06 March 2010 01:41 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak will undergo an operation on his gall bladder in Germany on Saturday, state television announced Friday after the veteran leader complained of pain, APA reports quoting AFP.
State television announced on Thursday that Mubarak would undergo medical tests in Heidelberg "following complaints of gall bladder pain" while in Germany for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The health of Mubarak, who turns 82 this year, is usually a taboo subject in the country he has ruled since 1981, fuelling regular rumours on the subject.
In 2007, speculation snowballed to the extent that the president was forced to make an unscheduled public appearance to put a rest to the rumours.
A year later, Ibrahim Eissa, editor in the chief of the independent daily Al-Dustur, was sentenced to two months in prison for writing about Mubarak’s health, before receiving a presidential pardon.