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Egypt: "Worse than under Mubarak"

Reality Check: Egypt releases al-Jazeera journalist; Yanis Varoufakis tours Europe; Yemen; Drilling in the Arctic; Foxcatcher

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Australian journalist Peter Greste laughing during his trial for allegedly supporting a terrorist group and spreading false information, in Cairo, Egypt, 31 March 2014

Egypt releases Australian Journalist

While the freeing of the Australian Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste has come as a welcome surprise, the situation for the other two Al-Jazeera journalists being held remains unclear. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press remain rare commodities in Egypt; a country some see as being in a worse state now than it was under Mubarak.

Yemen on the brink

The country on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula is caught between Al Qaida terrorists, a powerful Houthi militia and a government that has no control. As Yemen looks like becoming the world’s next failed state, some say it already is a failed state, it’s ordinary Yemenis who are suffering the most.

Drilling in the Arctic

With falling oil prices and the continuing threat of global climate change why would oil companies chose now to investigate drilling in one of the most inaccessible places on earth? We speak to economist and energy expert Dieter Helm.

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Greece's new finance minister Yanis Varoufakis speaks during his meeting with British Finance Minister George Osborne.

Greek finance minister tours Europe

Paris at the weekend, London today and then on to Rome; the Greek finance minister Janis Varoufakis is visiting major European capitals hoping to drum up support for the new Greek government’s position on European austerity and the terms of the Greek bailout. One capital he’s not visiting just yet is Berlin.

Foxcatcher

The film about the circumstances surrounding the 1984 murder of wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Dave Schultz is the subject of an FM4 film premiere tomorrow. The film, Foxcatcher, is then set for general release at the end of this week. Schultz was murdered by John E du Pont the eccentric and deeply disturbed heir to the massive E.I du Pont family fortune.

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