EGYPTIAN EDITOR'S TRIAL ADJOURNED

The Egyptian media accuses the authorities of trying to muzzle it. A court in Egypt has adjourned the trial of a newspaper editor accused of undermining state security by reporting rumours about the president's health.
The trial of al-Dustour editor Ibrahim Issa was postponed until 26 October after his lawyer, Hafaz Abu Sada, asked for more time to prepare the defence.
Mr Sada has told the BBC that the case is an attack on freedom of expression.
The trial, along with prison sentences recently given to 11 other journalists, has greatly angered the Egyptian press.
On Friday, the editors of 15 opposition and private newspapers in Egypt agreed not to publish on 7 October in protest at what they see as government harassment.
Mr Issa was charged last month with disturbing the peace and harming the economy after his newspaper published several stories saying President Hosni Mubarak was dead or seriously ill. One alleged that Mr Mubarak sometimes lapsed into comas
I think this is to keep Ibrahim Issa silent - Hafez Abu Sada, Lawyer for Mr Issa.

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State prosecutors said the false rumours about the 79-year-old's health prompted investors to take $350m (£172m) out of the Egyptian economy in less than a week.
Mr Mubarak has ruled Egypt for more than 25 years but has no designated successor, although many believe his son Gamal is being groomed for the role.
Mr Issa, who has long been an implacable opponent of Mr Mubarak and his government, faces up to three years in jail if found guilty.
His lawyer said the trial was an attempt by the authorities to keep him silent.
"This is against the level of freedom of expression in Egypt now, because Ibrahim Issa now is mainly criticising the government, President Mubarak himself, the family of the president, and they consider this... crossing the red line," Mr Abu Sada told the BBC's World Today.

Last week, the prosecution denied reports that Mr Issa was going to be tried before an emergency court with no right of appeal.
Mr Issa is well known for his criticism of President Mubarak.
His lawyers have insisted that was the original plan and claim the public outcry in Egypt and abroad caused the government to back down.
The US government recently denounced the moves against the independent press and the closure of a human rights organisation.
The Egyptian authorities have also been placed on edge this summer by public anxiety over rising food prices and water shortages.
Thousands of workers recently took control of one of Egypt's biggest state-owned textile factories in a continuing protest over pay and work conditions.
Opponents of the government, ranging from bloggers to members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement, have also been arrested in recent months.

BBC NEWS REPORT.