Correction: Egypt filmmaker story

Posted Sep 18, 2012 12:03 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

WASHINGTON – In several stories about Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, who was identified as the key figure behind a film that sparked deadly protests in Libya and Egypt, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that Nakoula pleaded no contest in 2010 to a federal bank fraud charge in California. He actually pleaded guilty in the case.

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