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Three more TV channels shut down in Egypt

Army shut down three more television channels in Egypt

04.07.2013 - Update : 04.07.2013
Three more TV channels shut down in Egypt

CAIRO (AA) - Egyptian army shut down three more private television channels following Al Jazeera on Thursday. 

Army shut down "Egypt 25", "al Hafez" and "Nour" TV channels, broadcasting religious contents, and all employees were detained. 

Police raided overnight the offices of Al Jazeera new agency's TV channel in Egypt, Mubasher, and detained the journalists working there along with several technical staff. The channel resumed broadcasting from the agency's headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

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