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To: tejek who wrote (668742)8/23/2012 4:03:06 PM
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Egyptian editor charged with insulting president

Associated Press ^ | August. 23, 2012 | MAGGIE MICHAEL


CAIRO (AP) -- A Cairo court on Thursday ordered the chief editor of an Egyptian newspaper detained pending trial on charges of insulting the country's president and potentially harming the public interest.

The case against Islam Afifi of the privately-owned el-Dustour daily is one of several lawsuits brought mainly by Egypt's Islamists against journalists, accusing them of inflammatory coverage and inciting the public against the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's largest political group.

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