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Al Jazeera and Mohamed Fahmy

Mohamed Fahmy: Mohamed Fahmy -- who is the acting Egypt bureau chief for satellite news broadcaster Al-Jazeera English -- addressed the court, saying he works as a journalist and is from a conservative and patriotic family from Port Said, according to CTV. Egypt's state news agency reported that the judge adjourned the trial until March 24 after hearing Fahmy speak and Egypt -- An Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned in Cairo told an Egyptian court Wednesday that he could "never possibly betray his country," testifying in a case accusing him and other colleagues of being terrorists. He appeared with his arm in a sling and asked for the court to release him for treatment for the injury, which he said he suffered before being arrested. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.