An Egyptian man was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for spying for Israel. Shereef Fawzi Mohammed el-Filali, 36, was acquitted of the charges in June, but was convicted this time after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak personally ordered a new trial.
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