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Australian journalist devastated after being sentenced by Egyptian court of spreading false news

The Australian journalist Peter Greste says he is "devastated" at the sentence handed to him by an Egyptian court.

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He has been given 3-years in prison along with two other Al Jazeera journalists, after their retrial for "spreading false news".

Mr Greste was deported back to Australia earlier this year.

In a press conference he called on the Egyptian president to do the right thing, and pardon them

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