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ced to 10 years and an $11
million fine for conspiring
with Mr. Ezz.
Reuters reported that shares
of Mr. Ezz’s conglomerate,
Ezz Steel, plunged nearly 9
percent in the Egyptian stock
market on Thursday, dragging
the broader market
down 2.7 percent.
Among the wealthiest figures
in Egypt at the apex of his
power, Mr. Ezz parlayed his
political connections and
close friendship with Mr.
Mubarak’s son Gamal into an
effective monopoly of the
Egyptian steel market. He
held a leading role in Parliament
and the former ruling
party. He was famous for his
brash and domineering style,
tailored Italian suits, multiple
wives, and the way he pointed
his index finger in a gesture
of command. As soon as
protests against Mr. Mubarak’s
government broke out
in January, his corporate headquarters
were sacked along
with the headquarters of the
former ruling National Democratic
Party.
Even before the government
fell, it jettisoned Mr. Ezz as it
struggled to placate the
mounting protests in the street,
freezing his assets and
barring him from travel. The
Egyptian public watched,
astonished, as Mr. Ezz, fearing
for the first time the public’s
revulsion at his lavish
lifestyle and self-dealing,
appeared in a humble sweatsuit
in an interview on the
pan-Arab news network Al
Aribiya to plead his innocence.
Mr. Ezz, whose trial began in
February, was sentenced as
Egypt’s attention was turned
to the epic criminal case against
Mr. Mubarak. Unlike
Mr. Mubarak, neither Mr.
Ezz nor Mr. Rachid was ever
close to the powerful Egyptian
military, which is now
running the country as a transitional
government. Both
men were associated with
privatization and other market
reforms, while the military
is a major player in the
state-run sector of the Egyptian
economy.
As a result, analysts say, the
transitional government’s
willingness to prosecute
them vigorously may say
more about its desire to appease
the public’s demand
for retribution against the
former leadership than it does
about the more delicate
question of the military’s
stance toward Mr. Mubarak’s
trial.
Field Marshal Mohamed
Hussein Tantawi, the leader
of the governing military
council and Mr. Mubarak’s
former defense minister, is
expected to testify at a closed
session of the trial on Sept.
24, when he will be asked to
shed light on Mr. Mubarak’s
role in the crackdown on
protesters that left more than
800 dead in the final days of
his rule.
Texas: U.S. Supreme Court Halts Execution
JUSTIÇA NO EXTERIOR •
THE NEW YORK TIMES (US) • NATIONAL • 15/9/2011
By THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
The United States Supreme
Court Thursday halted the
execution of a black man
convicted of a double murder
in Texas 16 years ago after
his lawyers contended his
sentence was unfair because
of a question asked about
race during his trial. The
man, Duane Buck, 48, was
spared from lethal injection
when the justices said they
would review an appeal. Two
appeals, both related to a
psychologist’s testimony that
black people were more likely
to commit violence,
were before the court. One
was granted, the other denied.
“Praise the Lord!” Mr.
Buck told a Texas Department
of Criminal Justice
spokesman. “God’s mercy
triumphs over judgment.”
The reprieve came nearly
two hours into a six-hour
window when Mr. Buck
could have been taken to the
death chamber. Texas officials,
however, refused to move
forward with the punishment
while legal issues were
pending. A similar request
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