Ban on 'ruthless' Mubarak book lifted

The ban on a book that describes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime as a 'ruthless military dictatorship' has been lifted in the country, said its publisher. Palgrave Macmillan, the publisher of 'Inside Egypt: Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution' has asked booksellers in Egypt to stock it. It was the first time for many years that the 27-year-old regime has banned a book critical of the government.