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Egypt Ex-housing Minister Gets 8 Years Jail For Graft

A Cairo court sentenced former Housing Minister Ibrahim Soliman to eight years in jail on Thursday and fined him 2.18 billion Egyptian pounds ($360.9 million) for squandering public funds in two separate real estate deals.

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America's most dangerous cities struggle to overcome a deadly combination of social and economic woes

Guerrilla Gardeners Take On Irish Ghost Estates

Sneaking onto derelict housing estates to plant trees and commit other crimes of beauty may sound a little odd, but mounting frustration with the eyesores left over from Ireland's construction boom has finally reached a tipping point.