May 21. 2009

ARTICLE EXCERPT:

Court: Egypt tycoon to hang in slaying of pop diva

CAIRO (AP) — Suzanne Tamim shot to fame in an "American Idol"-style TV show, a green-eyed Lebanese beauty whose pop songs about love's agony mirrored her troubled life.

Now, the man reported to be her secret lover — a married, politically powerful Egyptian tycoon — has been sentenced to hang for paying a former government security agent $2 million to slit her throat, a murder almost as clumsy as it was horrific.

Billionaire Hisham Talaat Moustafa showed no emotion Thursday as he was convicted and sentenced for ordering the killing of Tamim — the latest chapter in the sordid tale of sex, power, money and murder that was closely followed throughout the Middle East...

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