Mubarak gets jail time...Afghan Taliban press spring offensive...Philippine death squad alleged

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CAIRO (AP) — Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in prison, fined and ordered to reimburse the country's treasury after being convicted of embezzlement. His two sons were convicted of graft and got four years each. The embezzled funds were meant for renovating and maintaining presidential palaces but were instead spent on upgrading the family's private residences.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban's spring offensive in Afghanistan has claimed at least 13 lives today, including 10 policemen. Militant fighters launched attacks in several Afghan provinces, targeting security forces and civilians. The Taliban is claiming responsibility.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A U.S.-based human rights group says it's discovered nearly 300 killings carried out by a "death squad" targeting criminal suspects in a southern Philippine city. Human Rights Watch says a former mayor organized the band but he denies it, saying the allegations are based on testimony coerced and paid for by drug dealers and illegal gamblers.

JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Officials say firefighters fought through the night dousing blazes, and rescue workers continue digging through rubble to search for more victims of twin car bomb blasts that collapsed buildings in Nigeria's central city of Jos (jahs). The blasts yesterday in a bustling marketplace and bus station killed more than 118 people and wounded dozens more. President Goodluck Jonathan blames the Boko Haram (BOH'-koh hah-RAHM') terrorist network.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he can deliver on one of President Barack Obama's most contentious picks for a federal judgeship. A crucial procedural vote is scheduled today on the nomination of David Barron, a former administration official who's the author of secret documents justifying the use of drones to kill an American overseas. He's picked for the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Boston.