Former Haitian prime minister released
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Former Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune was released from jail Thursday, more than two years after his arrest on charges of orchestrating the killing of political opponents at the start of a rebellion that engulfed the country.
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Monica Thomas-Harris got the chilling news just before Christmas: Her estranged husband, jailed for abducting and threatening her, had been released.
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CAIRO - Two female relatives of Iraqâs interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi have been released by their kidnappers after being held hostage for just under a week, Arabic news channels reported late on Sunday.
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BAGHDAD - Two of three relatives of Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi kidnapped last week have been released, Allawi&#39;s office confirmed on Monday.
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Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia&#39;s former deputy prime minister, was freed after the country&#39;s highest court overturned his conviction for sodomy, in a decision that investors said heralds a more liberal political climate.
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KARACHI -- After eight years in jail on corruption charges, the husband of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was released on bail yesterday, officials said, in a move the government called a step toward ''political harmony&quot; with her opposition party.
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KARACHI, Pakistan - After eight years in jail on corruption charges, the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was released on bail Monday, an official said, in a move the government heralded as a step toward âpolitical harmonyâ with her
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 22  - The husband of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto, jailed on corruption charges in 1996, has been released after Supreme Court granted him bail, an official said Monday.
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A former Iraqi cabinet minister escapes from a prison where he was serving a two-year sentence for corruption.
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Hundreds of supporters of ex-Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrested last week are being released.
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Two French reporters held hostage for four months in Iraq were released Tuesday and handed over to French authorities.
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YANGON, Myanmar -- One of Myanmar&#39;s best known and longest-imprisoned political dissidents has been freed as part of a general release of almost 4,000 prisoners by the country&#39;s ruling junta, a family member confirmed Saturday.
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Pakistan&#39;s Supreme Court yesterday released on bail the husband of Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister, after eight years in jail on corruption charges, officials said, in a move the government heralded as a step toward &quot;political harmony&quot; with her
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Two French journalists freed after a  4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq returned home to a heroes'  welcome on Wednesday as a relieved government basked in  national joy at their release.
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Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia&#39;s former deputy prime minister, was freed by the country&#39;s highest court, which overturned his conviction for sodomy following an appeal.
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US journalist Paul Salopek, arrested in the Darfur region of Sudan, is released after 35 days.
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The husband of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was released from detention on bail Monday in a move that could improve relations between the country's military leader and one of its main parties.