Ten days after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak underwent surgery in Germany, there is growing uncertainty over his state of health and increased talk about who will eventually succeed him. On Tuesday, state television aired footage of the president for the first time since his gall bladder was removed on March 6, showing Mubarak sitting at a small table in a ...

BERLIN/CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was shown on television on Tuesday sitting and chatting to doctors at a German hospital, the first pictures of him since he had surgery 10 days ago. Mubarak, 81, who has ruled Egypt for almost three decades, had surgery on March 6 and the treatment has caused rumors about the seriousness of his ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak was shown on Egyptian state television on Tuesday, sitting and chatting to doctors at the German hospital where he underwent surgery 10 days ago. "He was upbeat and in very good spirits as usual," a German doctor said in a televised statement, adding no further daily laboratory tests were required. (Writing by Edmund ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is recovering well after undergoing gallbladder surgery 10 days ago, a spokeswoman for the German hospital where he is receiving treatment said on Tuesday. Mubarak, 81, who has ruled Egypt for almost three decades, had surgery on March 6 and the treatment has sparked rumors about the seriousness of his condition, weighing on Egyptian ...