Egypt's Mubarak attends court as trial resumes

Hosni Mubarak (C) is on trial with his two sons Alaa (R) and Gamal Egypt's ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak attended his trial Sunday on charges of inciting the murder of protesters, days after he was released from prison and placed under house arrest .
Live state television footage showed the 85-year-old in the defendants' cage along with his co-defendant interior minister, six security chiefs and his two sons.
Meanwhile, the trial of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie and two deputies on charges of inciting the murder of protesters was adjourned minutes after it opened Sunday because the defendants were absent.
The court adjourned the trial of the Brotherhood leaders and 32 other Islamist defendants to October 29, requesting that the interior ministry bring the defendants to court.
They had not appeared in court on Sunday for security reasons, security officials said.
The hearing was the first in the proceedings against the top Brotherhood leaders, who were detained in a sweep against Islamists after the July 3 ouster of president Mohammed Morsi.
The are accused of involvement in the deaths of protesters who stormed and torched the Brotherhood's headquarters on June 30, as millions took to the streets demanding Morsi's resignation.
Morsi had led the Brotherhood's political arm the Freedom and Justice Party up to his election in June 2012.
Source: AFP