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Egyptian court orders Mubarak’s release

Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will leave jail as early as Thursday after a court ruling that jolted a divided nation already in turmoil seven weeks after the army toppled Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.

Israeli tourist released from Chile jail

An Israeli tourist charged by Chile with accidentally starting a massive forest fire in a popular national park was fined and released.

Prosecutors appeal Demjanjuk’s release from jail

Munich state prosecutors appealed a district court\’s decision to release convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk from prison pending his appeal. Monday\’s appeal of Demjanjuk\’s release, following his conviction on war crimes on May 12, also appealed the five-year sentence handed down that day for being too lenient. The prosecutors\’ reasons will be presented in writing and only then released to the public, according to a spokesperson for the Munich District II court, which found Demjanjuk, 91, guilty as an accessory to nearly 28,000 murders in the Nazi death camp Sobibor in occupied Poland in 1943.

Future Uncertain for Five Iranian Jews

The release from prison of five Iranian Jews last week was due not to a change of heart by the regime in Tehran, but to a political calculation that Iran\’s international image needs burnishing, observers say. And clouding the relief of the Jews\’ relatives and advocates is concern that the men could be rearrested at any time or subjected to other forms of harassment, at the whim of the authorities.

At the same time, U.S.-based advocates for the Jews are reminding the community that another 11 Iranian Jewish men remain unaccounted for after disappearing while allegedly trying to cross Iran\’s border illegally in the early 1990s.

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