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Egypt jails three al-Jazeera journalists

Three al-Jazeera journalists accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood have been jailed for seven years in Egypt. A court in Cairo convicted Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed of spreading false news and supporting the now-banned Islamist group. The trio had denied the charges. Al Anstey, the managing director of al-Jazeera English, is appalled.

(Photo: The defendants - al-Jazeera's Cairo bureau chief, Mohamed Fahmy, who is Canadian-Egyptian, Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed and Australian correspondent Peter Greste.)

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