Weather Forces Egypt to Delay Resuming Morsi Trial

The trial of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was due to resume Wednesday, but has been postponed until February 1 because bad weather prevented him from being brought to court. The trial is taking place at a police academy in Cairo, but Morsi is being held 175 kilometers away in Alexandria, where Wednesday's fog kept the helicopter that was to take him to the academy grounded. The trial's initial session in November lasted just minutes after Morsi rejected the...

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