Breaking: Judge extends detention of Morsi

A judge has extended the detention of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi for 30 days pending investigations into his escape from prison during the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Morsi and other senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood escaped from Wadi El-Natroun prison during the uprising.

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