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Egypt Frees Al Jazeera Journalist After 4 Years in Detention

Reuters

   CAIRO, EGYPT - Egyptian authorities on Saturday released Mahmoud
   Hussein, an Egyptian journalist working for Qatar's Al Jazeera
   television network who had been held in pre-trial detention for more
   than four years, his brother and lawyer told Reuters.

   Hussein, who was detained in December 2016 after arriving Cairo from
   Doha for a vacation, was being held on charges of spreading false news,
   joining a banned group and receiving foreign funds.

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