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Satirist Bassem Youssef cleared of insulting Egyptian president by Brian Logan

Plus: Jim Davidson too 'unpleasant' for theatre in Kent, Frankie Boyle wades in on Thatcher " and is TV comedy a closed shop?This week's comedy newsArrested last week for allegedly "insulting the president", the Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef has seen the case against him " which made headlines worldwide " dismissed by a Cairo court. The court overruled the complaint against Youssef's show El Bernameg (The Programm…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AM on April 9, 2013

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