Saturday, June 2, 2012

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison for "enabling the massacre of protestors" who had risen up against his rule.  Egyptians were initally euphoric at Mubarak's sentence, but then became angry because he and other defendants were ruled not to have been responsible for ordering the killings, and because other charges such as profiteering and economic fraud were dismissed.

Read the story at the Guardian.

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