World / IN BRIEF : EGYPT : 7 Sentenced to Hang for Tourist Attack

A military court convicted a group of Muslim extremists of attacking foreign tourists and trying to overthrow the government and sentenced seven of them to hang. In the first trial of extremists charged in recent attacks on tourists, 25 men were given prison terms of up to 25 years, while 17 were acquitted. Six of the death sentences were for a Nov. 12 attack on a tour bus in southern Egypt. The extremists have targeted tourists, a main source of foreign currency. In the extremist-government confrontation that began at the start of last year, 140 people, mostly militants, have died.