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      Egyptian Court Adjourns Trial of Al Jazeera Journalists to April 22

   by Reuters

   An Egyptian court said on Wednesday it adjourned until April 22 the
   trial of two Al Jazeera television journalists.

   The pair are charged with aiding a terrorist organization, a reference
   to the Muslim Brotherhood, which the government banned following an
   army takeover of power in July 2013. The army, led by current president
   Abdel Fattah el-Sissi who was then defense minister, toppled Egypt's
   first freely-elected civilian President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim
   Brotherhood.

   ''Al Jazeera producer Mohamed Fahmy, a naturalized Canadian who has
   given up his Egyptian citizenship to facilitate his release, and
   Egyptian Baher Mohamed were released on bail last month after spending
   more than a year in custody.

   A third Al Jazeera journalist, Australian Peter Greste, was deported in
   February, following a presidential decree that allowed deportation of
   jailed foreigners.

   They were originally sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison
   on charges including spreading lies to help a terrorist organization,
   which they have denied. Egypt's high court ordered a retrial in
   January.
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