* Second time retrial verdict has been postponed
* Lawyer says is to avoid clash with Kerry visit, canal gala
* Journalists were initially jailed for up to 10 years
(Adds Amal Clooney statement, Shukri comment on journalists)
CAIRO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Sunday
postponed delivering its verdict in the retrial of three Al
Jazeera TV journalists, a decision a defence lawyer said was to
avoid bad publicity during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State
John Kerry and other dignitaries.
It was the second time the verdict in the internationally
sensitive case has been postponed, this time to Aug. 29.
The three men were originally sentenced to between seven and
10 years in prison on charges including spreading lies to help a
terrorist organisation, a reference to the banned Muslim
Brotherhood.
The journalists deny the charges and Egypt's high court
ordered a retrial in January.
Mohamed Fahmy, a naturalised Canadian who has given up his
Egyptian citizenship, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were released
on bail in February after more than a year in custody.
Australian Peter Greste, was deported in February.
Amal Clooney, one of Fahmy's lawyers, said the adjournment
appeared aimed to avoid clashing with Kerry's visit to Cairo on
Sunday as well as a lavish inauguration planned on Thursday for
a second Suez Canal.
"The verdict may be coming later; but the world will still
be watching," Clooney said in a statement.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri said during a news
conference with Kerry that no journalists in Egypt were in jail
over their reporting.