Algeria upholds 7-year jail term for French sports journalist

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An Algerian appeals court on Wednesday upheld a seven-year prison term for French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, who was jailed in June on terrorism-related charges. Gleizes, 36, is France's only journalist imprisoned abroad, and his jailing comes at a time of diplomatic friction between Paris and Algiers. FRANCE 24's Vedika Bahl reports.