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Nairobi-based Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste released from Egyptian jail

Jailed Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste

Cairo, Egypt: Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste left Egypt for his native Australia on Sunday after serving 400 days in a Cairo prison on charges that included aiding a terrorist group, security officials said.

There was no immediate word on the fate of his two Al Jazeera colleagues - Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed - who were also jailed in the case that provoked an international outcry.

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