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Two foreign journalists freed after 15 months in captivity in Somalia have been receiving medical care in neighboring Kenya, Canada's ambassador said.
A Zambian newspaper editor has been acquitted of pornography charges after she e-mailed officials photos of a woman giving birth unassisted to a baby who did not survive.
Cuba has freed one of the 54 political prisoners still behind bars following a state crackdown on dissent six years ago and also paroled a Spanish businessman awaiting trial for bribery, officials in Spain and a Cuban political opposition group said Tuesday.
A freed Irish aid worker held captive for three months in Darfur said Monday that her captors terrorized her and a Ugandan friend by repeatedly staging their mock executions using live gunfire.
Two foreign aid workers seized at gunpoint more than three months ago in Sudan's Darfur were released Sunday by their captors in the third — and longest — kidnapping of aid workers in the arid region.
Two men who spent nearly 15 years on death row for the 1993 killing of a teenage girl during a drive-by shooting in Oklahoma City were released from prison after prosecutors dropped the murder case against them.
Mexican authorities said Tuesday there would be no compensation for an Indian market vendor who was wrongfully convicted of kidnapping and spent three years in prison in a case that provoked an international protest.
Malaysia on Tuesday freed five terror suspects held for up to 7 1/2 years without trial under a strict security law that has been severely criticized by civil rights groups.
An Afghan journalism student who was jailed for asking questions in class about women's rights under Islam has been freed after nearly two years, a media rights group said Monday.
China on Thursday rejected claims by two U.S. journalists that North Korean guards had crossed into Chinese territory to grab and drag them back into North Korea.
Two American television reporters imprisoned in North Korea for months say communist soldiers "violently dragged" them back when they returned to Chinese soil after briefly crossing into the reclusive country.
The French academic who is part of a mass trial in Iran has been freed from prison on bail and turned over to the French embassy in good health, French leaders said Sunday, urging that charges against her be dropped.
The television reporters held captive in North Korea for 4 1/2 months have issued a brief videotaped statement thanking all of the people who worked for their release.
President Barack Obama is praising the release of American journalist Roxana Saberi from a jail in Iran.
Two aid workers held hostage in Darfur, one French and one Canadian, were free Thursday after three weeks in captivity.
A partially paralyzed 69-year-old Swede was recovering in a hospital after leftist rebels released him from nearly two years of captivity, the man's son said.
A human rights group says Libya has released two political prisoners in another signal that the North African country is willing to change its policies.
Italian nuns held captive in the Somali capital for more than two months "prayed all the time" but said they were well treated by kidnappers who identified themselves as being hardline Somali Islamic militants.
A man sentenced to life for knocking on the door of a home before a drug dealer killed four people inside was released from prison Friday after 24 years.
A democracy activist arrested in a crackdown on Cuba's opposition six years ago was released from prison Thursday after completing his sentence, the island's leading independent rights monitor said.
Malaysia released a former army captain accused of helping the Sept. 11 hijackers and six other suspects who had been held without trial after deciding they no longer posed a threat, officials said Wednesday.
Mellissa Fung says captors kept her blindfolded for four weeks in an underground cave so low the Canadian journalist could barely stand. Chains bound her hands and feet during her last week as a prisoner.
Police in Myanmar have released a magazine journalist detained for almost two months on suspicion of providing news to an exile-run Web site known for its sometimes critical coverage of the country's ruling military junta, the freed man's colleagues said Wednesday.
A man convicted of killing his neighbor was freed on Wednesday after serving 21 years in prison because prosecutors said they didn't have enough evidence to retry him.
Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoner was among more than 9,000 inmates freed Tuesday, days before the first anniversary of the junta's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests led by Buddhist monks.
The Torture of Two Innocent Men Who Just Left GuantanamoAs President Obama attempts to close Guantánamo, with the administration recently announcing its intention of purchasing a prison in Illinois to hold some of the prisoners, the release of these two men -- as with the overwhelming majority of releases from Guantánamo -- yet agai …
Tangled bucks freed by several passersby- The end could have been a decidedly ignoble one for the eight- and 10-point bucks Roman Haas came across a few days before the opening of the gun deer season - even more ignoble than having their heads mounted on a den wall.
"Decent" rapist freed after just 10 months because he called ambulance for his victimA vicious rapist has been freed after just 10 months in jail because judges said he "did the decent thing" by pleading guilty and calling an ambulance for his victim.
Texas DNA Exonerees Find Prosperity After PrisonThomas McGowan's journey from prison to prosperity is about to culminate in $1.8 million, and he knows just how to spend it: on a house with three bedrooms, stainless steel kitchen appliances and a washer and dryer.
Freed murder suspect charged in rapeBrian Keith Johnson walked out of prison in 2007 as a free man but now is back in serious trouble, something that doesn't surprise the family of the woman he once was accused of killing"
Here's the Bomb: Lockerbie Bomber not Sick?JUSTICE secretary Kenny MacAskill was last night under pressure to reveal more details of the medical evidence that led to the release of the Lockerbie bomber, after it emerged that only one doctor was willing to say Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi had lessthan three months to l …
Pack of circus animals freed from burning transporterPolice and fire fighters freed a group of circus animals from a burning transporter near the town of Ribnitz-Damgarten in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania early on Tuesday morning.
North Korea pardons US reportersNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-il has issued a special pardon to two detained US journalists, the country's state news agency reports.
Florida Supreme Court frees Death Row inmate in 1994 murder - Breaking News The Florida Supreme Court unanimously ordered Thursday that a Death Row inmate be set free because there wasn't enough evidence to convict him of murdering a Fort Lauderdale pawn shop worker.
Bulgaria red faced over mafia politician trend Bulgarian ministers have pledged to stop crooks getting into Parliament because of the instant get-out-of-jail free card that comes with the job.
Saudi activist who inspired rare hunger strike freed | csmonitor.comRiyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi authorities have released a prominent political activist whose extended detention without charges helped spark a rare hunger strike by scores of Saudis last November.
New Popularity for Dr. Seuss' 'The Lorax'The little kids understand. My 6-year-old son, Emmett, reads Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax" at least once a week and can explain the message of the book succinctly. "It's about ruining God's creations, that money's not more important than nature."
Three rescued Americans arrive in Texas - Los Angeles TimesLACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Three American hostages rescued from leftist guerrillas in Colombia have arrived safely in Texas.
Boy who was kidnapped as infant freed at age 16A 16-year-old Latvian boy who was kidnapped as an infant could soon be reunited with his mother after a startling break in the case, authorities said Wednesday.
Dozens of hamsters freed from plastic ballsLast Thursday the Society for the Protection of Animals raided an Amsterdam art gallery in co-operation with the local police to free dozens of hamsters. The animals were part of an exhibition by artist Tinkebell (pseudonym of Katinka Simonse) called Empathy.
Hamas: Kidnapped British reporter freed - Yahoo! NewsBritish reporter Alan Johnston has been released after nearly four months in captivity.
Report: Paris Hilton out of jailReport: Paris Hilton out of jail Paris Hilton was freed from jail Thursday morning, just three days after she began serving what was to be a 23-day sentence for violating probation, according to celebrity Web site TMZ.com.
Australian Who Plotted With al-Qaida FreedAn Australian who pleaded guilty to plotting with al-Qaida to bomb Israel's embassy in Australia was released on parole Thursday after serving half his nine-year sentence.
Islam to Christianity Converter Freed in Afghanistan and Declared 'Mentally Unfit'An Afghan man who faced execution for converting from Islam to Christianity has been released from prison in Kabul.
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