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  "id": 5159188,
  "title": "A jury in Malta acquits a businessman in the killing of reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/a-jury-in-malta-acquits-a-businessman-in-the-killing-of-reporter",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T19:48:18.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/09/02/nx-s1-5954420/daphne-caruana-galizia-case-yorgen-fenech-acquitted-malta"
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  "summary": "A jury in Malta has acquitted a Maltese businessman accused of being the mastermind behind the 2017 car bomb killing of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, according to the Winnipeg Free Press.\n\nDaphne Caruana Galizia was 53 years old when she was killed by a car bomb, as reported by NPR. She had written extensively about suspected corruption in political and business circles in Malta.\n\nThe acquittal was announced on Wednesday, as per the Winnipeg Free Press.",
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        "title": "Jury in Malta acquits businessman accused of masterminding slaying of journalist",
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        "published": "2026-09-02T17:43:34.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Jury in Malta acquits businessman in killing of investigative journalist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/jury-in-malta-acquits-businessman-in-killing-of-investigative",
        "published": "2026-09-02T18:50:03.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Malta businessman acquitted of plotting journalist Caruana Galizia murder",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/malta-businessman-acquitted-of-plotting-journalist-caruana-galizia",
        "published": "2026-09-02T19:06:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Malta jury clears suspect mastermind businessman in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/malta-jury-clears-suspect-mastermind-businessman-in-daphne-caruana",
        "published": "2026-09-02T20:08:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Malta: Businessman acquitted of journalist's murder",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/malta-businessman-acquitted-of-journalists-murder",
        "published": "2026-09-02T21:21:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Tempo.co English",
        "title": "Malta: Businessman Acquitted of Journalist's Murder",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/malta-businessman-acquitted-of-journalists-murder-5182325",
        "published": "2026-09-02T21:51:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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