CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt put two former top ministers on trial on Sunday, widening a crackdown on graft as the ruling generals seek to show their seriousness about ending the corruption that led to President Hosni Mubarak's ouster.
No date has yet been set for the trial of former prime minister Ahmed Nazif and finance minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali, but the decision is likely to further appease the pro-democracy protesters who ended Mubarak's 30-year rule in February and demanded the administration be punished.
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