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Two Al-Jazeera journalists detained in the case known as the "Marriott Cell" have been sentenced to seven years in maximum security prison. A third journalist has been sentenced to 10 years. The two defendants, Australian Journalist Peter Greste and Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, sentenced to seven years in prison were detained on December 29 at the Marriott in Cairo and had been accused of defaming Egypt and spreading false news that harms the nation's interests. The third journalist, Baher Mohamed, was detained a…