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| Egypt's Nour released from jail | Egypt's Nour released from jail |
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| Egyptian authorities have released opposition figure Ayman Nour after three years in jail on what he said were politically motivated charges. | Egyptian authorities have released opposition figure Ayman Nour after three years in jail on what he said were politically motivated charges. |
| The US, Egypt's close ally and major aid donor, took great interest in the Nour case and described his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. | The US, Egypt's close ally and major aid donor, took great interest in the Nour case and described his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. |
| Mr Nour came a distant second to Hosni Mubarak in Egypt's first contested presidential election in 2005. | |
| The following year he was jailed for five years for electoral forgery. | The following year he was jailed for five years for electoral forgery. |
| Judiciary officials said Mr Nour had been released on health grounds. The 44-year-old lawyer is known to suffer from diabetes. | |
| Speaking to reporters by telephone from his home, Mr Nour said he would resume his political career at the head of the opposition party which he founded, the Ghad, or Tomorrow Party. | |
| "Thanks to God I am released," he said. | |
| "I am going to practise my role as a politician through the Ghad party and through my previous role," he added. |