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Egyptian relatives react outside a court during the trial of supporters of toppled president Mohamed Morsi, in Minya, Egypt, 28 April 2014. An Egyptian court sentenced to death 683 supporters of toppled president Mohammed Morsi, including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie, a lawyer said. They were convicted for storming a police station in al-Idwa city, in southern Minya province, and killing a police officer. Only 70 of the accused are in custody, according to lawyers. In a separate mass trial, the court also sentenced 37 people to death and 491 to life in prison on separate charges of rioting and killing a police officer in another town in Minya. In the second case, the judge changed his initial verdict handed down last month of the death penalty for all 529 defendants. (Photo by Khaled Elfiqi/EPA)
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