Four editors sentenced to jail

Four newspaper editors have been sentenced to a year in jail by an Egyptian court for defaming the president, Hosni Mubarak, and his son Gamal. The editors, who were also fined about £1,740, have the right to appeal and were released on bail. One of the four - Ibrahim Issa of al-Dustour - is facing a separate charge for publishing rumours suggesting that Mubarak, 79, was ill. (Via FT.com)