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An appeals court in Egypt has ordered a retrial in the case of three Al Jazeera journalists convicted of spreading false news, however they were not granted bail.
A new trial is expected to take place within a month, but no date has been set, according to the BBC. A defence lawyer told journalists prosecutors said there were major problems with the verdict
The three journalists were not in court for the brief hearing Thursday.
Scrum outside Court of Cassation in Cairo following #Jazeera appealhttp://ift.tt/1xwIJlA
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