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Oman in rare spotlight after bail deal with Iran (AP)

September 15th, 2010

** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP OF CAI103 ** Sarah Shourd, 32, of the U.S., right, embraces her mother Nora Shourd, left, on Sarah Shourd's arrival at the royal airport in Muscat, Oman, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, after leaving Tehran, Iran. The American woman released by Iran on Tuesday after more than a year in prison said she was grateful to Iran's president for her freedom shortly before she boarded a flight to the Gulf sultanate of Oman where her mother greeted her with a warm embrace. (AP Photo/Sultan al-Hasani)AP - Oman’s royal leaders have long preferred the understated approach: No high-rises like their Gulf neighbors and policies that quietly balance close ties with both Washington and Tehran.


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American woman freed by Iran after bail deal (AP)

September 14th, 2010

** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP OF CAI103 ** Sarah Shourd, 32, of the U.S., right, embraces her mother Nora Shourd, left, on Sarah Shourd's arrival at the royal airport in Muscat, Oman, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, after leaving Tehran, Iran. The American woman released by Iran on Tuesday after more than a year in prison said she was grateful to Iran's president for her freedom shortly before she boarded a flight to the Gulf sultanate of Oman where her mother greeted her with a warm embrace. (AP Photo/Sultan al-Hasani)AP - In just a few dizzying hours, American Sarah Shourd exchanged a cell in Tehran’s Evin Prison for a private jet crossing the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, after an…

Iran frees American woman on $500,000 bail (AP)

September 14th, 2010

Missing American hiker Sarah Shourd is seen here in this undated photo released by freethehikers.org, August 20, 2009. Shourd, held for more than a year in Iran suspected of spying has been freed, her lawyer said on September 14, 2010.  Shourd and two male companions were arrested near Iran's border with Iraq in July 2009.    REUTERS/freethehikers.org/Handout/Files  (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - An American woman released by Iran on Tuesday after more than a year in prison flew out of the country to the nearby Gulf nation of Oman to…

Iran frees detained US woman on $500,000 bail (AP)

September 14th, 2010

Missing American hiker Sarah Shourd is seen here in this undated photo released by freethehikers.org, August 20, 2009. Shourd, held for more than a year in Iran suspected of spying has been freed, her lawyer said on September 14, 2010.  Shourd and two male companions were arrested near Iran's border with Iraq in July 2009.    REUTERS/freethehikers.org/Handout/Files  (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Iran released an American woman on a bail of $500,000 Tuesday more than a year after she was detained, but authorities said they were not considering the immediate…

Jailed American’s family asks Iran to drop bail (AP)

September 13th, 2010

FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Sarah Shourd, left, hugs her mother Nora Shourd, as Shane Bauer, second right, hugs his mother Cindy Hickey, during their meeting at the Esteghlal hotel in Tehran. Iran announced Thursday that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - A day after Iran offered a detained American woman a chance for release on $500,000 bail, her family countered with a request Monday to drop or lower the…

Iran bail decision on American stirs backlash (AP)

September 13th, 2010

FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Sarah Shourd, left, hugs her mother Nora Shourd, as Shane Bauer, second right, hugs his mother Cindy Hickey, during their meeting at the Esteghlal hotel in Tehran. Iran announced Thursday that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - Iran’s internal battles over the handling of American detainee Sarah Shourd flared again Monday as the mouthpiece of the powerful Revolutionary Guard led the backlash against a decision…

Lawyer awaiting word on bail for detained American (AP)

September 13th, 2010

An undated family handout picture posted on the website www.freethehikers.org shows US hiker Sarah Shourd in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Iran has cancelled planned release of Shourd, accused of spying and illegally entering the Islamic republic, because of unresolved legal issues, officials said(AFP/HO/File)AP - The lawyer of an American woman cleared for release from an Iranian prison says he is still waiting for word that the $500,000 bail has been paid.


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US court grants bail to Conrad Black (AFP)

July 19th, 2010

Disgraced media mogul Conrad Black, pictured in 2007, was granted bail by a US court as he appeals a six-and-a-half year jail term imposed in 2007 after he was convicted of defrauding shareholders.(AFP/File/Jeff Haynes)AFP - Disgraced media mogul Conrad Black was granted bail by a US court as he appeals a six-and-a-half year jail term imposed after being convicted of defrauding shareholders.


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Students protest bail for SAfrican hip-hop artist (AP)

March 17th, 2010

AP - Police used rubber bullets and water cannons Wednesday to disperse thousands of high school students protesting a bail hearing for a South African hip-hop artist accused of killing…