The Dramatic Downfall of the Mubarak Clan
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Hosni Mubarak is in hospital with a suspected heart attack; when he gets out, he could be hanged, and his sons are currently in prison. Nick Meo charts the dramatic downfall of Egypt's former first family.

The first shock for the sons of Egypt's former president when they arrived at Cairo's notorious Tora prison, looking dazed according to witnesses, was having their mobile phones taken away.

Then guards thrust rough regulation uniforms into their soft, manicured hands, and led them away to their cells.

The nation they had lorded over for decades, and allegedly plundered on an epic scale, could hardly believe it was seeing the humiliation of Gamal and Alaa Mubarak.

Few Egyptians were more surprised than Wael Khalil, a pro-democracy activist who had been thrown into Tora prison by the regime of their father, Hosni Mubarak.

"Their arrest is a symbol of the triumph of the revolution and the undoing of the old regime," said Mr Khalil, who during his stay was given just slops to eat and had to sleep on the floor.

"But for me it brought back all my memories of that prison - the anxieties, the fear, not to mention the awful food, the rough guards and sleepless nights.

"If anyone deserves to be sent there they do. But to tell you the truth I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy."

The pair, two of Egypt's biggest businessmen, were arrested last week on corruption charges and sent to the high-security prison, a collection of sun-baked, H-shaped blocks in a bleak suburb of the capital. Egyptians had believed the two were untouchable. » | Nick Meo, Cairo | Sunday, April 17, 2011

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Vanity, Vanity, All Is Vanity!
A prime indicator of the downfall of Western civilization! How are we going to make men, men again?

DAILY EXPRESS: Record numbers of men are having cosmetic surgery, including operations to reduce their "breasts".

Some 224 paid thousands last year to shed the sort of man boobs - or "moobs" - shown off so brazenly by Jack Nicholson on a yachting holiday.

The 70-year-old actor, whose chest was photographed off the coast of France last July, may not care about the effect of gravity on his body.

But soaring numbers of British men do.

Last year, 2,881 had operations - up 17.5 per cent in 12 months and the highest figure recorded, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons said.

Moob-reduction surgery was up 27 per cent while the number of tummy tucks preformed on males was 61 per cent higher than in 2006.

Doctors say men are finding it more acceptable to pay to alter their appearance. Just a few years ago, most plastic surgeons would not have operated on men.

Nose jobs remain the top choice for men, with 716 last year - a 36 per cent increase on 2006.

Liposuction - commonly carried out on the stomach, thighs or "love handles" - is the second most popular, followed by eyelid surgery. More men go under the knife in quest for smaller 'moobs' >>> By Daniel Martin

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