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Breaking News: Turkey releases American journalist 40/29's Joshua Cole reports breaking news that Turkey has released an American journalist who has been behind bars there since last August for allegedly helping terrorists. He is now headed back to the United States. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT IN RIGHT HERE TO P40/29 EVERY SUNDAY MORNING. PMATTER OF FACT WITH FERNANDO PESPUELAS AIRS AT 10, RIGHT AFTER PTHIS WEEK WITH GEORGE PSTEPHANOPOULOS. PJOSHUA: BREAKING NEWS THIS PMORNING. PAN AMERICAN JOURNALIST WHO WAS PBEHIND BARS IN TURKEY HAS BEEN PRELEASED. PMOHAMMED RASOOL AND TWO BRITISH PJOURNALISTS WERE DETAINED IN PAUGUST OF LAST YEAR. PTHEY WERE CHARGED WITH KNOWINGLY PAND WILLFULLY HELPING PTERRORISTS. PJOSHUA: THE TWO BRITISH MEN WERE PRELEASED IN JUST 11 DAYS BUT PRASOOL WAS KEPT SIX MONTHS PLONGER. POFFICIALS SAY HE'S HEADED BACK