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Former Egyptian Finance Minister Sentenced VOA News 1 Mar 2002 11:02 UTC 
An Cairo court has sentenced former Egyptian finance minister Mohieddin al-Gharib to eight years in prison for corruption.
The court also found former customs chief Ali Taha and five other co-defendants guilty, sentencing them to from one to 11 years.
Al-Gharib was Egypt's minister of finance between 1996 and 1999.
Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.
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