Two Al-Jazeera journalists imprisoned1 in Egypt alongside Australian Peter Greste have walked free after being pardoned. Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were each sentenced to three years jail in August, but they have been among 100 prisoners released for the Muslim festival of Eid. It is still unclear if the presidential pardons also apply to Peter Greste, he was on the site of the chases media circus when he heard the news. Mohamed fahmy has been pardoned in Eygpt. It's hard to imagine it, I am sorry, I am feeling really.. No, exactly. I mean we have been fighting for the past eight months for this. Peter Greste on the site of the media circus.
The federal government will today pledge 41 million dollars to reduce demostic violence in Australia. The fisrt major funding announcement from the new prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, includes 36 million dollars for training police and health staff, and five million for an edcuation program. The announcement follows three fatal domestic violence incidents in New Southwales in just three days.
Thousands of Americans have turned out to greet the Pope in Washington on his first US visit. President Obama welcomed the pontiff on the white house lawns before a meeting in the oval office. Pope Fransis has praised the president's efforts to fight climate change.
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下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 ) |
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- He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁,合并执行。
- They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
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