Militants convicted
Cairo - Egypt sentenced five Muslim militants to death yesterday for trying to assassinate the Interior Minister, Hassan al-Alfi. Mr Alfi escaped death on 18 August last year, when a bomb exploded just before his motorcade passed. Reuter
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