Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak overturned the acquittal of a man accused of spying for Israel and ordered a retrial. A trial date of Sept. 19 was set for Sherif Filali, an Egyptian engineer accused of trying to gather military information for the Jewish state. Israel has denied any involvement in the case.
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