Jailed Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste leaves Egypt for Australia

Al-Jazeera news channel's Australian journalist Peter Greste listening to the verdict inside the defendants cage during his trial for allegedly supporting the Muslim Brotherhood at the police institute near Cairo's Tora prison on June 23, 2014.
Al-Jazeera news channel's Australian journalist Peter Greste listening to the verdict inside the defendants cage during his trial for allegedly supporting the Muslim Brotherhood at the police institute near Cairo's Tora prison on June 23, 2014. Greste was deported from Egypt to his native Australia on Sunday, Feb 1, 2015, four Egyptian security officials said. -- PHOTO: AFP

CAIRO (Reuters) - Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, imprisoned in Egypt 400 days ago on charges that included aiding a terrorist group, was deported from Egypt to his native Australia on Sunday, four Egyptian security officials said.

There was no immediate word on the fate of his two Al Jazeera colleagues - Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed - who were also jailed in the case that provoked an international outcry.

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