Brazil footballer's mother freed
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Kidnappers free the mother of Brazilian football star Robinho, six weeks after seizing her at gunpoint.
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Kidnappers have released the 75-year-old mother of a state legislator abducted last month in Nigeria&#39;s restive oil producing region in the south, a senior police officer said Wednesday.
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SANTOS -- Kidnappers freed on Friday the mother of Santos forward Robinho, one of Brazil&#39;s most talented young players, 40 days after seizing her at gunpoint while she was attending a barbecue.
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The husband of Pakistani opposition  leader Benazir Bhutto was freed from house arrest on Wednesday,  a day after he was detained for failing to attend a court  hearing.
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An Algerian who has been held without trial or charges since 2001 under anti-terrorism laws was freed by the British government Monday, his lawyer said.
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The husband of Pakistani opposition  leader Benazir Bhutto was freed on Wednesday, a day after his  re-arrest looked to have dimmed hopes for reconciliation with  military ruler President Pervez Musharraf.
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A wealthy young woman, her lover and his brother were convicted Saturday in the deaths her parents, a crime that riveted Brazil with a tale of love across rigid class lines. Each was sentenced to about 40 years in prison.
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Firebrand Hindu nun Uma Bharti was released from a jail in southern India's Karnataka state after authorities withdrew charges against her linked to a 10-year-old riot case.
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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia -- His sodomy conviction overturned by Malaysia's highest court, Anwar Ibrahim was set free yesterday, six years to the day after the onetime heir apparent to the country's premiership was fired during a divisive fight with his political mentor.
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RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian footballer Robinho appealed for his family to be left in peace as he spoke in public for the first time since his mother was kidnapped on Saturday.
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Adams Oshiomhole, the head of Nigeria's main union body, is said to have been freed after his arrest on Saturday.
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A judge has released a young mother from jail 18 months after she tried to kill herself and her daughter by jumping from a bridge, saying he was acting from &quot;mercy.&quot;
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A Brazilian referee faced suspension on Tuesday after she awarded a goal that television pictures showed was scored by a ball boy.
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This should have been the happiest of weeks for Dona Marina. Her son - a star footballer tipped as the new Pele - was on the verge of a multimillion-pound transfer to Real
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Hindu nationalist Uma Bharti walks free from an Indian jail after a court orders her release.
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Newcastle and England midfielder Joey Barton was released from jail on Thursday after being granted bail by a judge at Liverpool Crown Court.
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KIDNAPPERS have freed the mother of one of Brazilâs most exciting young footballing talents 40 days after they seized her at gunpoint, amid reports that a ransom was paid.