Egypt: 40 Islamists' files sent to court

Egyptian prosecutors on Wednesday (February 7) transferred the files of more than 40 opposition Islamists to a military court on terrorism and money-laundering charges, in a widening crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the group said. The move came a day after Egypt ordered high-ranking Brotherhood leader Khairat el-Shatir, widely believed as a key financier, and an unspecified number of others, to military justice whose rulings cannot be appealed.