Egypt regime insider found guilty of corruption
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An Egyptian court convicted a powerful steel magnate who was a senior insider in the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak on corruption charges, sentencing him to 10 years in prison.
Ahmed Ezz was a top ally of the ousted president's son and heir apparent, Gamal Mubarak, and together they all but ran the ruling party. Ezz became a symbol of the intertwining of business and politics that many Egyptians despised as corrupt, helping fuel the anti-Mubarak uprising. (AP)
