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Thursday's Reality Check

Meredith Kercher verdict, Morocco rape law, Journalists charged in Egypt, Turkey's economic dive, is Facebook facing failure?

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Raffaele Sollecito attended the court, but Amanda Knox stayed in the USA

Meredith Kercher murder appeal verdict

As an Italian court gives its verdict on the appeal against the acquittal of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, our correspondent Seema Gupta reviews the case to date and the implications of the verdict.

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In Morocco, a change in the law might not mean a change in practice

Morocco rape law

Morocco is repealing the law that allows rapists to avoid trial if they marry their victims - but will this move change anything in practice? Riem Higazi talks to Katja Zvan Elliott, a political scientist at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco.

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Parents of Australian journalist Peter Greste appeal for his release from a Cairo jail

Egypt tries 20 journalists for connections with the Muslim Brotherhood

16 Egyptian and 4 foreign journalists are being tried in Cairo for membership of, or assisting, a "terrorist organisation", widely interpreted as meaning the Muslim Brotherhood. Karim El Gawhary reports from the Egyptian capital on the allegations.

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Turkey's Erdogan and Iran's Rowhani are drawing close on Syria

Turkey's economic dive

Christian Schüller reports from Istanbul on how Turkey's flagging currency and economy is affecting its role in the region, and why even though enthusiasm for the EU is waning, no one wants the negotiation process to stop.

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Still growing, or on the edge of the cliff?

The failings of Facebook?

Daniel Sokolov gives his analysis of the report that predicts that Facebook could lose 80% of its users in the next three years.

FM4 Reality Check

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