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 Fahmy's colleague, Peter Greste, an Australian citizen, was
released on Sunday. A third journalist, Baher Mohamed, an Egyptian
national, is still in prison in Cairo.
The thee men were sentenced last June to between seven and 10 years
on charges including spreading lies to help "a terrorist
organization" - a reference to the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
Al Jazeera said that Fahmy had renounced his Egyptian citizenship,
in a move that paves the way for him to be deported under a
presidential decree.
On Monday, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird told the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation that Fahmy's release was "imminent". Baird
did not elaborate, however, as to whether he meant hours or days.
A security source said on Sunday that Fahmy was expected to be
released and deported to Canada within days.
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Egyptian authorities accuse Qatar-based Al Jazeera of being a
mouthpiece of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Qatari-backed movement
which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi toppled in 2013 when he was
Egypt's army chief.
(Reporting by Amena Bakr; Editing by William Maclean and Dominic
Evans)
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