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Egypt Releases Al Jazeera Journalists

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On bail.

An Egyptian court ordered the release of Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy and producer Baher Mohammed on Thursday, demanding that Fahmy pay a $33,000 bail pending a retrial. Both Al Jazeera journalists—along with Australian colleague Peter Greste, who was deported two weeks ago—were initially sentenced to at least seven years in jail on terror-related charges.

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