Release of long-held Guantanamo detainee to Kuwait begins
Fawzi al Odah, one of Guantanamo Bay’s longest held prisoners, is sent home to Kuwait as the first release under a new review panel. His lawyer Eric Lewis says al Odah hoped to move on with life after a years long battle for freedom.
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South Korea ferry tycoon family found guilty on corruption
Incheon Court convicts Yoo Byung-eun relatives for embezzlement and breach of trust linked to the Sunken Sewol ferry. Yoo Dae-gyun gets three years. two brothers receive two years and a suspended one-year term, as prosecutors tie holdings network to the disaster. The tycoon died on the run last July.
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Jang Joon Ah
Yoo Byungeun
Jang
WHO elects Matshidiso Moeti as Africa regional director
WHO members in Benin chose Matshidiso Moeti of Botswana to lead the Africa office amid the Ebola crisis. Moeti, a long time WHO veteran, replaces outgoing regional director Luis Sambo whose term ended. She faces weak health systems in Sierra Leone Liberia and Guinea and pledges reform and a proactive monitoring role.
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Luis Sambo
Angola
Aboubakar Sidiki Diakite
Paris
Health Ministry
Malawi
Sambo
Hamas militant drives van into Jerusalem crowd attack
A Hamas militant rammed a minivan into pedestrians waiting for a Jerusalem train, killing one and wounding 13. Police identified the driver as 38 year old Ibrahim al Akari, who was killed. The incident followed a West Bank strike on soldiers wounding three. Police pledged concrete barriers at stations as Jordan recalls ambassador and Kerry condemns the attack.
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Associated Press
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Man sought after photos of woman found dead online
Police say Amber Lynn Coplin was found dead in her Port Orchard apartment as detectives link her live-in boyfriend David Michael Kalac to the killing. Kalac, charged with second degree murder, fled in Coplin’s gold 2001 Ford Focus, later spotted abandoned in Portland. Police posted photos of the victim online as part of their investigation.
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Scott Wilson
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David Michael Kalac
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Kalac
Virginia
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Wash
Coplin
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