Judge orders release of two journalists for retrial
Cairo judge granted bail to Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, two Al Jazeera English journalists, at the start of their terrorism related retrial after Peter Greste was released. The trio faced long protests from rights groups who said charges were politically motivated and harmful to media freedom.
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Lairu
Cairo
AL Jazeera English
Mohamed Fahmy
Baher ‘Mohamed
Peter Greste
Peace deal reaches in Minsk on eastern Ukraine
After seven hours of talks in Minsk, Russia Ukraine Germany and France announced a new peace plan for eastern Ukraine. It calls for withdrawal of heavy weaponry from front lines and greater autonomy for separatist regions while avoiding Moscow's federation demand. Western officials welcomed it as a potential step but urged immediate concrete actions and full implementation amid ongoing fighting and casualties.
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Moscow
Russia
Ukraine
Germany
France
Asely
Belarus
Minsk
Kremlin
Kiev
Angela Merkel
Donetsk
Luhansk
Crimea
Obama
White House
U.S
National Defense and Security Council
Council
Andriy Lysenko
Petro Poroshenko
Yuri Bereza
Dnipro-I
Times
Vadim Karasyov
Institute of Global Strategies
Karasyov
Poroshenko
Vigil in Washington honors Chapel Hill shooting victims
About 300 to 400 people gathered in Dupont Circle Washington for a CAIR sponsored vigil honoring biology student Yusof Abu Salha dental student Shaddy Barakat and design student Razan Abu Salha shot and killed in Chapel Hill North Carolina. Attendees carried signs Muslim Lives Matter Remembering You Always and Stand Against Anti Muslim Bigotry while praying and writing letters to the victims families.
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Washington
Samreen Anwar
Columbia
Yusof Mohammad Abu-Salha
Shaddy Barakat
Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha
Barakat
Razan Abu- Salha
Chapel Hill
N.C
Council On American- Islamic Relations
Jewish Voice For Peace
Friends
North Carolina
Facebook Adds Memorial Legacy Contact To Manage Deceased Profiles
Facebook rolls out in the United States a legacy contact feature allowing users to designate a trusted person to manage a memorialized account after death. The chosen person can post on the profile, respond to new friend requests, and update photos, with optional archiving of posts. The deceased’s private messages remain inaccessible and deletion after death can be chosen.
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Facebook
U.S
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Muslim Brotherhood
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South Korea
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Cho Hyun
Cho
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John E Kennedy
New York
Transport Ministry
Oh Seong
Fegan Huntsman
Utah
Huntsman
Pleasant Grove
Jeff Buhman
Los Angeles Times
Angera Merker, Wen
Mospino
Hetro Poroshenko
European Council
Donald Tusk
Brussels
Unc-Chapel
Britny
Tanlo Park
Calif
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