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Burma frees dissident Aung San Suu Kyi (Time.com)

November 13th, 2010

Aung San Suu Kyi smiles as she walks with National League for Democracy party members after being released from house arrest in Yangon November 13, 2010. Military-ruled Myanmar freed the Nobel Peace Prize-winner on Saturday after her latest period of house arrest expired, giving the country a powerful pro-democracy voice just days after a widely criticised election.   REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun   (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE IMAGES OF THE DAY)Time.com - Seeing the opposition splintered, the regime has released Aung San Suu Kyi. Are the generals wagering that she no longer has the fearsome power she once possessed?


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Yemen frees student held over parcel bombs (Reuters)

November 1st, 2010

Men walk past the offices of FedEx in Sanaa, Yemen, October 29, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemen on Sunday freed a woman suspected of mailing two parcel bombs found on U.S.-bound planes, saying she had been a victim of identity theft.


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Yemen frees parcel bomb suspect conditionally: relative (Reuters)

October 31st, 2010

A man walks past the Yemen office of the FedEx company in Sanaa October 30, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemen freed on Sunday a female suspect detained in connection with explosive packages sent from Yemen and bound for the United States on condition that she appears when…

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…

Japan frees 14 crew members of Chinese ship (AP)

September 13th, 2010

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a detained Chinese fishing trawler is flanked by two Japanese Coast Guard vessels during an investigation by Japanese authorities near Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture of Japan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China's top foreign policy official increased pressure on Japan on Sunday by summoning its ambassador to again demand the immediate release of the Chinese fishermen and their boat detained near disputed islands.  (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ji Chunpeng) ** NO SALES **AP - Japan freed 14 crew members of a Chinese ship Monday nearly a week after their vessel collided with two Japanese patrol boats near disputed southern islets, but kept…

Al-Qaida group frees 2 Spanish in Mali (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

AP - Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost nine months ago by an al-Qaida affiliate have been set free, Spain’s prime minister said Monday, ending a hostage drama that involved…

Chile judge frees Pakistani arrested at US Embassy (AP)

May 15th, 2010

Gabriel Carrion, defense lawyer of Pakistan's Mohammed Saif-ur-Rehman Khan, 28, unseen, speaks to reporters in Santiago, Friday, May 14, 2010. Carrion and Khan, attended a hearing after a court was to decide Friday whether to present formal charges or free Khan who was arrested Monday after traces of explosives were detected on his phone and papers while he was at the U.S. Embassy in Santiago because his US visa had been revoked. (AP Photo/ Roberto Candia)AP - A Pakistani man detained with suspicious chemical residues at the U.S. Embassy in Chile was charged with possessing explosives on Saturday, and then set free pending further investigation.


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Navy frees Somalis seized after pirate shooting (AP)

March 25th, 2010

This picture released by the EU's Navfor naval force shows the Spanish warship Navarra assisting an Iranian dhow on March 20. Private security guards on board a UAE-owned cargo ship have repelled a hijacking attempt at sea in skirmishes off Somalia that left one pirate dead, the EU's naval force in the area said Wednesday.(AFP/EU Navfor)AP - The EU Naval Force freed six Somalis seized after their companion was shot dead by a private security contractor during an attempt to hijack a ship off the…

Iran frees activists for Iranian New Year holiday (AP)

March 18th, 2010

FILE - In this July 19, 2007 file photo, Ammar Al-Hakim, head of the Iranian-backed Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) which is part of the broad Shiite coalition the Iraqi National Alliance, commemorates the death of his uncle in Najaf, Iraq. As more votes are counted, the picture of who'll lead Iraq only becomes more murky. Neither the Iraqi prime minister nor his secular challenger will be the clearcut winner, foreboding a drawn out battle of backroom negotiations. But with the newfound political power of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the once-unified Kurds showing fractures, Iraq's political landscape is tilting in new directions just as American military support goes home. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani, File)AP - Iran has temporarily released a prominent pro-reform activist detained for suspected involvement in the country’s postelection turmoil.


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