Bahrain activist Nabeel Rajab released from prison

Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been freed after serving two years in prison for his involvement in illegal protests.

Rajab, who heads the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), was convicted in 2012 of taking part in illegal gatherings and disturbing public order.
An appeals court later reduced his original three-year term by a year.
He was one of several leading activists arrested by the authorities after pro-democracy protests erupted in 2011.

Appeal Soon after his release on Saturday, Rajab told the Associated Press news agency that he was happy to be out after spending more than 600 days in prison.
He also appealed for the release of all political prisoners, the agency added.
Rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights First, have campaigned on behalf of Rajab throughout his prison sentence, calling on the authorities to release him.

In December 2013, a Bahraini court rejected a request by Rajab's lawyers for early release. They argued that he was eligible because he had already served three-quarters of a two-year sentence.
In addition to his role with the BCHR, Mr Rajab is deputy secretary general of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
Before his imprisonment in July 2012, Mr Rajab was repeatedly detained in connection with the pro-democracy protests that erupted in the Gulf kingdom the previous year.

Amnesty said that he was punched in the face several times by riot police as he led a demonstration in February 2012, and in May 2012 was charged with "insulting a national institution" in comments about the interior ministry he posted on Twitter.

In June 2012, Rajab was sentenced to three months in jail over different tweets he wrote about the prime minister. The conviction was eventually overturned on appeal, but only after he had begun his two-year sentence for taking part in unauthorised protests.

At his trial, Mr Rajab told the court that he had been held in dire conditions and subjected to ill treatment, including being placed in solitary confinement with a dead animal and kept almost naked.
BCHR's founder, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, is serving a life sentence for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government. He was convicted on evidence that was widely accepted as having been secured under torture

Comet to pass by Earth closely after meteor shower

People across the country are waking up on Saturday and it was worth looking at the sky for hours in the middle of the night asking themselves , as if they could rub the sore throat .A unique meteor shower in the sky over North America , glittered , but elsewhere in the social media response to the supply of products from some of the awards judging , it was found that in some places it sparingly.A comet - starting on Saturday evening , as the last part of the shower passes through the earth, but for die-hard star geeks , the second is a law , there will be a great treat .Whatever the verdict, the May Camelopardalids meteor shower has a second chance. Many falls in October , the annual trip, December, January and April , NASA meteor observers said Bill Cooke.In August , for example , we will look back on the spectacular Perseid meteor shower .Perseid meteor shower lights up the skyPerseid meteor shower time lapseOrionid Meteor Shower Gifts Gifts Orionid meteor showerBut Camelopardalid meteor shower is named for the constellation seemed to fly out, had a rare gift to the planet Jupiter.They collide with the Earth in the solar system's largest planet, with its strong attraction meteors "low orbit." Next year will snatch away the debris field of the earth, and we will see a meteor shower , so it 's a bit of a one-shot deal, " said Cooke.Rare comet passing209P/LINEAR bears, which inspired the name of the debris from the comet.Astronomers discover they have captured and each new instead of a number and the name of the project for the hundreds of comets has stopped coming on fine name .Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research LINEAR stands .Jupiter at a distance of five one million miles fly by our planet , which will also comet that is thrown our way." Well, it is a comfortable distance ," says Cooke. 1 to 2 miles wide at its core, and the world would be devastating for a direct hit .Orbits the sun every five years by the 209P/LINEAR passport , although this time it will offer a rare sight hobby astronomers." Comets are usually not pass this off ," says Cooke.3 In the consumer model , the sky is clear to anyone with a reflector telescope, you should be able to see it in the sky late on Wednesday to answer.Want a sneak peek through a more powerful telescope, 06:00 ET Monday through those online observatory Services Slooh can get it from .209P/LINEAR debris field comet passes the earth in its forward before the dog is like putting the tail.Usually the debris field , like comets their tails to follow. Again, Jupiter was the culprit. It lurked skräpfältetoch threw it in front 209P/LINEAR ." Jupiter is a big gravitational solar system is amazing," says Cooke. This is particularly the case with the comet and just happened to pass through the orbit of the planet.Many of the solar system passes near the rear gazers It's a long , amazing bands , you should not expect to see just a small dash so , Comet , also left a trail not far.surprise PackageA cookie is a star-studded gala on May Camelopardalids or a failure that can be said from the beginning.Debris field 200 years ago , astronomers could not see when it was made because NASA can not predict it in advance, says Cooke. They only knew it was coming ." It's a bit of a rainy morning at 11:30 , but a drizzle of being able to anticipate or that a thunderstorm can not predict . "Shooting star gazers across the country ran the gamut from the effects of social media, and by some of the trial, had to deliver fireworks." Izzi and I literally just saw and heard a fireball exploded right before our eyes ." Hannah Post to Twitter" Just a blue tail! # Meteor Shower saw an awesomely brilliant meteor ," said Twitter user Carmen from Chicago.And served it with some frustration . Some netizens called a complete bust ." ' Meteor shower clock invited someone out on a date right now looks like a pretty big creep Guess, " The New Yorker tweeted Kevin Depew .Los Angeles Times' Deborah Netburn good response from the shower seemed to sum ​​up in a tweet ." Not exactly a meteor storm. Eastern Sierras seen from # Camelopardalids , but I found 3 so it was quiet. , Long streaks across the sky . "