Journalist Peter Greste returns home after year imprisoned in Egypt
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste on Wednesday reunited with his family in Australia, one week after Egypt announced it would release him from prison.
Greste and two colleagues were arrested in 2013 and accused of spreading false news and aiding the Muslim Brotherhood. Press advocates called the charges bogus and demanded the reporters be released.
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