Egyptian Court Adjourns Trial of Al Jazeera Journalists to March 19

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Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy (2nd from left) and his lawyer are seen inside a court before a hearing in his trial in Cairo on February 23, 2015. (Reuters)
Cairo:

An Egyptian court today adjourned until March 19 the trial of two Al Jazeera television journalists.

The pair are charged with aiding a terrorist organisation, a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood.

A court last month released Mohamed Fahmy, a naturalised Canadian who gave up his Egyptian citizenship, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed, on bail after over a year in detention.

A third Al Jazeera journalist, Australian Peter Greste, was deported earlier in February.

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