Ousted Egyptian Leader to Stand Trial

Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi is set to go on trial Tuesday, in the first of several criminal charges facing the Islamist leader. Morsi and more than 100 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood party are facing charges for escaping prison in 2011, and allegedly killing police during the revolt that toppled longtime President Hosni Mubarak and brought Morsi to power. Many of the defendants have been identified as members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the...

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