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           18 Turkish Journalists Face Prison for 'Terror Propaganda'

   by Associated Press

   Turkish prosecutors are seeking sentences of up to seven and a half
   years in prison for 18 journalists they accuse of engaging in terror
   propaganda for publishing photos showing a militant pointing a gun at a
   prosecutor who was killed in a failed hostage rescue operation in
   March.

   The state-run Anadolu Agency reported late Tuesday that an indictment
   prepared by the Istanbul chief prosecutor's office is demanding prison
   terms for editors of nine newspapers, including Can Dundar,
   editor-in-chief of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper. The indictment
   has yet to be approved by a court.

   The photos showed militants of an outlawed leftist group pointing a gun
   at the prosecutor.

   At the time, Turkey blocked access to social networking sites Twitter
   and YouTube for several hours over the photos

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