Egypt frees jailed Al Jazeera reporter Greste

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Egypt frees jailed Al Jazeera reporter Greste

Egypt freed and deported Australian journalist Peter Greste, Sunday, after more than 400 days in detention. Greste, an award-winning correspondent for Al Jazeera English, was detained along with two colleagues, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and an Egyptian producer, Baher Mohamed, in December 2013 and charged with aiding the blacklisted Brotherhood movement. Qatar-based Al Jazeera welcomed Cairo’s decision and expressed hope its other two journalists would soon also be released.

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