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                      Egypt to Try Al Jazeera Journalists

   Egyptian authorities say they will put four foreign journalists working
   for the Al Jazeera news agency on trial for allegedly helping a
   terrorist group.
   They include award-winning reporter Peter Greste, an Australian. The
   others are British and Dutch.
   Sixteen Egyptians are also facing trial. They are accused of belonging
   to the Muslim Brotherhood. The pro-Islamic movement has violently
   protested the overthrow of former president Mohamed Morsi.
   Egypt regards the Brotherhood as a terrorist group.
   The Al Jazeera journalists are accused of helping the 16 Egyptian
   suspects and reporting what authorities call "lies" that hurt the
   national interest. They were arrested last month in Cairo.
   Al Jazeera says the world knows that the charges against the
   journalists are "absurd, baseless, and false."
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