Reaction after Egyptian court orders retrial of Al Jazeera journalists

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Outside an Egyptian courthouse in Cairo... reaction to news that three jailed Al Jazeera TV journalists WON'T be freed on bail while awaiting a new trial. Egypt's highest court has ordered a retrial for all three men, citing procedural flaws in their first trial, their defense lawyers say. The men are Australian Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed. They've been jailed for more than a year, sentenced to 7-10 years for their reporting, but the trial's been condemned by human rights groups and Western governments. At this point, the fiancé of Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy is waiting, she says, for a miracle . (SOUNDBITE) (English) FIANCEE OF JAILED JOURNALIST MOHAMED FAHMY, MARWA OMARA, SAYING: I can't even imagine that he will stay for a year in prison. His lawyer Amal Clooney just applied to the Egyptian presidency and Egyptian prosecutor for Mohamed to be deported to Canada and be treated as a Canadia