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CAIRO — The Egyptian authorities have released economist Abdel Khalek Farouk and his publisher pending a probe into alleged "fake news" in Farouk's new book, "Is Egypt Really a Poor Country?”
Authorities had arrested Farouk on Oct. 21, a week after they seized copies of his book at Al-Ittihad Printing Press in Cairo and arrested its owner, Ibrahim al-Khatib. Khatib has also been released pending the investigation.
