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Sunday
Feb082009

Update on Muntazar al-Zaidi: Court Date Set for 19 February

After weeks of near-silence, some news on detained Iraqi journalist Muntazar al-Zaidi, jailed for throwing his shoes at former President George W. Bush in December. His trial will begin 19 February, according to a judge of the Iraqi Higher Judicial Council.

It will be the first time al-Zaidi has been seen in public since his detention.

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