Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who is under detention in a hospital, has regained consciousness after lapsing into a coma. The 83-year-old ex-ruler, who is facing trial for corruption and murder, had fell into a coma yesterday at Sharm el-Sheikh hospital. Mohamed Fathalla, the head of the Sharm el-Sheikh facility said that Mubarak had recovered. Mubarak has been in a Sharm el-Sheikh hospital since April. He had suffered a heart attack during interrogation over fraud and the killing of pro-democracy protesters during the uprising which ousted him in February.