Egyptian Court Convicts Mubarak of Embezzlement

An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted president Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison on charges of embezzling public funds.   The former president looked on from a cage as the judge Wednesday also sentenced to Mubarak's two sons to four years in jail on the same charges. Mubarak was ousted in a 2011 uprising deemed part of the Arab Spring that swept across the Middle East. Since then, Egypt has held democratic elections, but the military helped overthrow the elected...

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