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Egypt frees jailed activist

CAIRO, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Egypt's Court of Cassation, the country's highest appellate body, on Wednesday overturned the 7-year prison sentence of jailed sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- ordering a retrial. Ibrahim was convicted last May on an array of charges, including accepting foreign funding without government approval and tarnishing Egypt's image.

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