Hosni Mubarak Live Blog

15 months after a street revolt overthrew Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, the deposed leader lied in hospital as Egyptians queued to elect his successor on Wednesday.

After 30 years of dictatorial rule, Mubarak was overthrown by a popular uprising centred around Tahrir Square in Cairo in February 2011.

-- Reuters

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Egyptian expatriates in 166 countries are heading to the polls for elections to replace ousted leader Hosni Mubarak that are hoped to be the first genuinely contested presidential vote in the country's history.

Elections authorities say less than a million Egyptians out of nearly 10 million living abroad registered to vote.

Saudi Arabia has the largest number of Egyptian voters.

Expatriate voting starts Friday and ends May 17. Voters inside Egypt will cast their ballots on May 23-24. If no candidate wins 50 percent of the votes, a runoff is scheduled for June.

Egypt's new parliament voted on Monday to award cash handouts to people left severely handicapped in clashes with security during last year's uprising against Hosni Mubarak, in its latest move to boost compensation to victims of the violence.

Forces loyal to Mubarak killed around 850 people and injured thousands before he was toppled in a demonstration of people-power, that was a defining moment of the Arab Spring. 

Parliament voted to amend a draft law to give 100,000 Egyptian pounds ($16,600) to every protester severely handicapped by their injuries.

The draft law had originally only promised that level of payment to families of protesters who died. 

[Source: Reuters]

Egypt's toppled president declines a chance to address the court in the last session after six month of hearings.