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Al-Jazeera journalists sentenced to three years in jail after retrial

An Egyptian court has sentenced three Al-Jazeera journalists to three years in prison after a retrial.

Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were led away from court after the verdict. A third journalist Australian Peter Greste was deported in February.

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Greste 'shocked and outraged' after Egypt verdict

Journalist Peter Greste has reacted angrily after an Egyptian court sentenced him and two al-Jazeera colleages to three years in prison for broadcasting "harmful" material.

Mr Greste was sentenced in absentia after being deported in February but Mohamed Fahmy a naturalised Canadian who has given up his Egyptian citizenship, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were led away from court after the verdict.

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