(FILES) — A picture taken on January 24, 2013 shows former Egyptian prime minister Hisham Qandil talking during a press conference at the congress center during the World Economic Forum in Davos. A Cairo appeals court on September 30, 2013 upheld a one-year sentence handed to Qandil, in the latest blow to ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s inner circle. AFP PHOTO / ERIC PIERMONT