Defendants including Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak (in bed, 2nd L), his two sons Gamal (standing, arms crossed) and Alaa Mubarak, and former interior minister Habib al-Adli (seated front row, in black) attend their trial at the Police Academy in Cairo August 3, 2011. Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, accused of corruption and involvement in killing protesters, went on trial on Wednesday, delighting those who overthrew him and ringing an alarm bell for other autocrats around the Arab world. REUTERS/Stringer

Alaa (L) and Gamal Mubarak stand in the courtroom during their trial at the Police Academy in Cairo August 3, 2011. Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, accused of corruption and involvement in killing protesters, went on trial on Wednesday, delighting those who overthrew him and ringing an alarm bell for other autocrats around the Arab world. His two sons, Alaa and Gamal, were also in the defendants' cage, clutching copies of the Koran, alongside former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli and six senior security officials. REUTERS/Stringer

Former Egyptian interior minister Habib al-Adli sits in the courtroom during his trial at the Police Academy in Cairo August 3, 2011. Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, accused of corruption and involvement in killing protesters, went on trial on Wednesday, delighting those who overthrew him and ringing an alarm bell for other autocrats around the Arab world. REUTERS/Stringer

This video image taken from Egyptian State Television shows 83-year-old Hosni Mubarak laying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011 as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him. The scene, shown live on Egypt's state TV, was Egyptians' first look at their former president since Feb. 10, the day before his fall when he gave a defiant speech refusing to resign. (AP Photo/Egyptian State TV)

This video image taken from Egyptian State Television showing 83-year-old former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak speaks to the court, using a microphone while laying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011, as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him from office. The scene, shown live on Egypt's state TV, was Egyptians' first look at their former president since Feb. 10, the day before his fall when he gave a defiant speech refusing to resign. (AP Photo/Egyptian State TV)

This video image taken from Egyptian State Television showing 83-year-old former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak laying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011, as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him from office. The scene, shown live on Egypt's state TV, was Egyptians' first look at their former president since Feb. 10, the day before his fall when he gave a defiant speech refusing to resign. (AP Photo/Egyptian State TV)

The crowd react as they see Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak in the courtroom on a hospital bed, as the court scene is shown live on a large TV screen outside the Police Military Academy complex in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak was wheeled into a Cairo courtroom on a gurney Wednesday at the start of his historic trial on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him from office. The scene, shown live on Egypt's state TV, was Egyptians' first look at their former president since Feb. 10, the day before his fall when he gave a defiant speech refusing to resign. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)