The man sentenced to five years, named Omar Afifi, had fled abroad and was tried in absentia.
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Egypt sentences 76 protesters
CAIRO: A court sentenced one man to five years in jail and another 75 people to one-year suspended sentences yesterday in connection with attacks on the Israeli and Saudi embassies in Cairo last year during a protest.
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