Daughter of Egypt's Nasser convicted of defamation

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CAIRO (AFP) — A daughter of Egypt's former president Gamal Abdel Nasser has been convicted of defamation for calling his successor Anwar Sadat an American agent, a judicial source said on Tuesday.

Hoda Abdel Nasser was ordered to pay 100,000 Egyptian pounds (more than 18,000 dollars) to Ruqaya al-Sadat, daughter of the Egyptian president assassinated by Islamists in 1981.

She filed suit for defamation in 2005 after Hoda Abdel Nasser was reported by a weekly publication as saying that Anwar Sadat was behind the death of her father and that he worked for the American secret services.

Nasser was unable to supply proof of her claims, according to the judgement handed down on Monday, the source said.

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