Egypt’s ex-culture minister to stand trial on graft charges
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s former culture minister Farouk Hosni, once a candidate for the top job at the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO, is to stand trial on charges of making illicit gains, an official said on Tuesday. Hosni, an abstract painter, had served as culture minister for 23 years under former President Hosni Mubarak. Dozens of legal cases have been filed against Mubarak’s associates since he was ousted in an uprising on February 11, 2011. The former president, 84, his sons and other former ministers are in prison facing corruption charges. . . .
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