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The resemblance of his political humor and his Egyptian TV show to Jon Stewart's is unmistakable. But where Jon Stewart's satire has made him a TV star in the U.S., Bassem has faced interrogation by the Egyptian authorities and received death threats. Bob Simon reports on Sunday, March 16 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
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