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Egypt Frees Journalist After 4 Years In Prison
Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist for Qatar's Al Jazeera, arrived at his home in greater Cairo Saturday after four years in an Egyptian jail, an AFP journalist reported, amid thawing relations between the countries.
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Egypt Sentences Ex-President Mohamed Mursi, 19 Others To Three Years In Jail For Insulting Judiciary
A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday, and fined him 2 million Egyptian pounds ($112,700) on charges of insulting the judiciary.
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Egypt Jails 51 For Protests Over Transfer Of Islands To Saudi Arabia
Egyptian officials say a Cairo court has sentenced 51 people to two years in prison for taking part in the protests last month.
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Egyptian Court Hands Author Two Year Prison Sentence For Racy Novel
"What do young people in their twenties do in Cairo?" asks Bassam, the narrator of Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji's novel "The Use of Life."
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Egypt Jails 2 Policemen For Life For Torture Killing
An Egyptian court sentenced two policemen to life in jail for torturing to death a man in custody, in the third such verdict this month, a judicial source said.
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IS Threatens to Execute Croatian Abducted in Egypt: Video
The Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State group threatened today to execute within 48 hours a Croatian man kidnapped in Cairo last month if Muslim women jailed in Egypt are not freed.
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Egyptian Court Seeks Death Penalty for Ex-President Morsi and 106 Others
An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death penalty for former president Mohamed Morsi and 106 supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood in connection with a mass jail break in 2011.
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Egypt Court Sentences Former President Hosni Mubarak, Sons to 3 Years in Jail
An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole on Saturday in the retrial of a corruption case.
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69 Egypt Islamists Get Life Terms For Torching Church
Egypt jailed 69 Islamists for life today for torching a church near Cairo in August 2013 during a crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, a judicial official said.
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Al Jazeera Journalist Peter Greste Arrives Home in Australia
Peter Greste, the Al Jazeera journalist freed after more than a year in an Egyptian prison, arrived back in his Australian homeland on Thursday and called for the release of two colleagues still in custody.
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Freed Reporter Peter Greste to Fight for Colleagues Still in Cairo Jail
Australian journalist Peter Greste will keep fighting to free his colleagues still jailed in Egypt, his family said today, after he was released following more than 400 days in prison on charges of backing the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Egypt Court Hears Jailed Al-Jazeera Reporters' Appeal
Egypt's top court began hearing an appeal Thursday by three jailed journalists of Al-Jazeera television as hopes for their release grew amid thawing relations between Cairo and Qatar, where it is based.
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Australian Al Jazeera Journalist Jailed in Egypt Unlikely to be Released Soon
Hopes are fading for the release of Australian journalist Peter Greste, who has been in jail in Egypt for a year, after Cairo sent mixed signals about his case, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday.
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Egypt Sentences Muslim Brotherhood Leader Badie to Life in Jail
Mohamed Badie, top leader of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, was sentenced to life in jail along with 14 others on Monday on charges of murder and inciting violence during clashes near Cairo last year.
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Ten Mohamed Morsi Supporters Jailed for Life in Egypt
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 10 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to life imprisonment for damaging public property and blocking roads during a protest last year, state-run MENA news agency reported.
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Egypt Frees Journalist After 4 Years In Prison
Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist for Qatar's Al Jazeera, arrived at his home in greater Cairo Saturday after four years in an Egyptian jail, an AFP journalist reported, amid thawing relations between the countries.
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Egypt Sentences Ex-President Mohamed Mursi, 19 Others To Three Years In Jail For Insulting Judiciary
A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday, and fined him 2 million Egyptian pounds ($112,700) on charges of insulting the judiciary.
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Egypt Jails 51 For Protests Over Transfer Of Islands To Saudi Arabia
Egyptian officials say a Cairo court has sentenced 51 people to two years in prison for taking part in the protests last month.
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Egyptian Court Hands Author Two Year Prison Sentence For Racy Novel
"What do young people in their twenties do in Cairo?" asks Bassam, the narrator of Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji's novel "The Use of Life."
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Egypt Jails 2 Policemen For Life For Torture Killing
An Egyptian court sentenced two policemen to life in jail for torturing to death a man in custody, in the third such verdict this month, a judicial source said.
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IS Threatens to Execute Croatian Abducted in Egypt: Video
The Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State group threatened today to execute within 48 hours a Croatian man kidnapped in Cairo last month if Muslim women jailed in Egypt are not freed.
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Egyptian Court Seeks Death Penalty for Ex-President Morsi and 106 Others
An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death penalty for former president Mohamed Morsi and 106 supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood in connection with a mass jail break in 2011.
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Egypt Court Sentences Former President Hosni Mubarak, Sons to 3 Years in Jail
An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole on Saturday in the retrial of a corruption case.
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69 Egypt Islamists Get Life Terms For Torching Church
Egypt jailed 69 Islamists for life today for torching a church near Cairo in August 2013 during a crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, a judicial official said.
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Al Jazeera Journalist Peter Greste Arrives Home in Australia
Peter Greste, the Al Jazeera journalist freed after more than a year in an Egyptian prison, arrived back in his Australian homeland on Thursday and called for the release of two colleagues still in custody.
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Freed Reporter Peter Greste to Fight for Colleagues Still in Cairo Jail
Australian journalist Peter Greste will keep fighting to free his colleagues still jailed in Egypt, his family said today, after he was released following more than 400 days in prison on charges of backing the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Egypt Court Hears Jailed Al-Jazeera Reporters' Appeal
Egypt's top court began hearing an appeal Thursday by three jailed journalists of Al-Jazeera television as hopes for their release grew amid thawing relations between Cairo and Qatar, where it is based.
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Australian Al Jazeera Journalist Jailed in Egypt Unlikely to be Released Soon
Hopes are fading for the release of Australian journalist Peter Greste, who has been in jail in Egypt for a year, after Cairo sent mixed signals about his case, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday.
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Egypt Sentences Muslim Brotherhood Leader Badie to Life in Jail
Mohamed Badie, top leader of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, was sentenced to life in jail along with 14 others on Monday on charges of murder and inciting violence during clashes near Cairo last year.
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Ten Mohamed Morsi Supporters Jailed for Life in Egypt
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 10 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to life imprisonment for damaging public property and blocking roads during a protest last year, state-run MENA news agency reported.
