In Egypt, the state prosecutor has extended the detention of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak for another 15 days while a probe is on into the deadly crackdown on protesters and corruption during his regime. According to official MENA news agency, state prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmud decided to renew the detention of the former President for questioning. Mubarak, who was forced to resign in February after mass protests, was initially remanded into preventive custody for 15 days on April 13 on suspected involvement in a deadly crackdown on protesters and corruption. Mubarak is under detention in a hospital in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh since he was forced to step down.