CAIRO: Egypt freed and deported Australian journalist Peter Greste on Sunday (Monday in Manila) after more than 400 days following a global outcry over his jailing on charges of backing the Muslim Brotherhood, but two colleagues remained in prison.

Greste, an award-winning correspondent for Al-Jazeera English television, flew to Larnaca in Cyprus with brother Michael after his release from Cairo's Tora prison, interior ministry and airport officials told Agence France-Presse.

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