Egypt's state-run newspaper Al-Ahram has come under fire for doctoring a photograph to suggest that President Hosni Mubarak had led US President Barack Obama and other Middle East leaders into historic peace talks in the White House earlier this month. The picture showed the Egyptian president striding a head of Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, King Abdullah II of Jordan and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on a red carpet at the White House. But checks revealed that the image had been digitally altered to place Mubarak at the head of the powerful pack, while he was actually trailing behind them in the original picture, the Sun reported. White House officials re-issued the original photograph taken on September 1 to expose the deception. The article heaped further embarrassment on Mubarak because it was headlined "The Way to Sharm el-Sheikh" suggesting he had led opposing sides to groundbreaking talks at the Egyptian port city. "This is what the corrupt regime's media has been reduced to" adding the Mubarak regime had "crossed the line from being balanced and honest", said an opposition April 6 Youth Movement spokesman.