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The editor of the independent Al-Dostour Newspaper, Ibrahim Eissa, has been summoned by the State Security Prosecutor. Eissa is expected to attend an interrogation on Wedensday. According to the Press Syndicate, Eissa is to face prosecution over Al-Dostour's coverage of rumours about the state of health of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

It is important to note that this comes following an article published in the state controlled Al-Ahram newspaper by Ahmed Moussa, insinuating a relation between Al-Dostour Newspaper and the Muslim Bortherhood.

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