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Why the family of imprisoned Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy voiced cautious optimism after remarks from Egypt's president.

The legal adviser of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi resigned Tuesday, alleging that the Muslim Brotherhood has monopolized decision-making and encroached on the governing of the country.

A Pakistani man who was the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks was convicted Monday of murder and waging war against India for his role in the 60-hour siege that left 166 people dead.

ANKARA, Turkey - Escalating tensions with Russia, Turkey defended its forced landing of a Syrian passenger jet en route from Moscow to Damascus, saying Thursday it was carrying Russian ammunition and military equipment destined for the Syrian Defence Ministry.

ANKARA, Turkey - Escalating tensions with Russia, Turkey defended its forced landing of a Syrian passenger jet en route from Moscow to Damascus, saying Thursday it was carrying Russian ammunition and military equipment destined for the Syrian Defence Ministry.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the country's 2011 uprising.

CAIRO - A leading Muslim Brotherhood member and adviser to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi created a stir in Egypt when he called on Egyptian Jews in Israel to return home because Egypt is now a democracy and because the Jewish state won't survive.

Mohamed Fahmy, who was speaking in Calgary Wednesday, says government assistance is key in freeing a Calgary imam detained in Turkey and a Montreal professor arrested in Iran.

Three days after returning to the country, freed Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy arrived in Vancouver with his wife late Thursday night.

Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, who has been imprisoned in Egypt on widely-denounced terror charges, was pardoned by the country's president on Wednesday.

Mohamed Fahmy has been celebrated as a journalist, denounced as a terrorist and described as a bargaining chip in a notoriously complex power struggle among Middle Eastern countries.

Mohamed Fahmy is filled with ideas for his future as a free man.

Freed journalist Mohamed Fahmy continued his criticism of the Stephen Harper government on Wednesday, saying the prime minister did not do enough to intervene and did not understand the “urgency” of his case.

A Canadian journalist who fought terror-related charges in Egypt for nearly two years has finally begun his journey home.

"I feel born again," Mohamed Fahmy said when asked what it’s like to be out of Egypt for the first time in nearly two years.

A Canadian journalist who was released from prison in Egypt last month has returned home.

Two Vice News journalists who were arrested in Turkey on terror-related charges have been released from jail, a Turkish government official said Thursday. Their assistant will remain jailed pending the conclusion of an investigation.

The family of a Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned in Cairo is hoping the leaders of Canada and Egypt will find a quiet moment to discuss Mohamed Fahmy's case.

Mohamed Fahmy and his legal team are working on "plan B" in case he's convicted of terrorism-related offences for a second time, later this month.

Three journalists on trial in an Egyptian court on terrorism-related charges were awaiting its verdict on Friday, hopeful that they will be acquitted after lengthy proceedings criticized worldwide by press freedom and human rights advocates.