Vietnam Marks Independence with Pardons for Prisoners
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Vietnam has released nearly 9,000 prisoners, including 10 inmates whose cases it says had drawn international attention, as part of traditional pardons granted ahead of independence celebrations on September 2.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia on Thursday said itwould pardon 23 jailed rebels to encourage Marxist guerrillasto free 72 hostages, including three Americans.
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Four men accused of planning to kill Cuba's Fidel Castro have been pardoned by Panama's president.
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Vietnam marks the 20th anniversary of the Communist Party's decision to gradually abandon state socialism.
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Respect for religious freedom in Vietnam has improved but the communist nation continues to impose curbs on religious groups, the US State Department said in a report.
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United Airlines became the first US carrier to fly to Vietnam since the war ended nearly 30 years ago, marking a new milestone in relations between the former enemies as VIPs on board were greeted at the airport with lotus blossoms and silk lanterns.
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BANGKOK: Myanmarâs military rulers freed about 500 prisoners from the notorious Insein Prison on Friday, witnesses said, but there was no immediate word on whether political detainees were among them.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad has received a request for a presidential pardon from the lawyers of six French aid workers jailed in December for trying to abduct 103 African children, the presidency said on Saturday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia on Thursday said it  would pardon 23 jailed rebels to encourage Marxist guerrillas  to free 72 hostages, including three Americans.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger pardoned three men convicted of drug crimes, the  first pardons issued by a governor of the nation's most  populous state in almost six years.
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Zambia celebrated its 40th anniversary of independence from British rule Sunday with great pomp and splendor, including a wreath-laying ceremony at the Freedom Statue and a military parade.
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United Airlines became the first U.S. carrier to fly to Vietnam since the war ended nearly 30 years ago, marking a new milestone in relations between the former enemies as VIPs on board were greeted at the airport with lotus blossoms and silk lanterns.
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HANOI, Vietnam  Â Vietnam is having a Paris Hilton moment.
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HANOI, October 7 (Itar-Tass) - Eleven heads of state and government have arrived in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi for the fifth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) opening on October 8. French President Jacques Chirac
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Ghana celebrates 50 years of independence, a move that sparked similar changes across Africa.
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The Myanmar government released about 500 prisoners from the notorious Insein Prison Friday, witnesses said. There was no immediate word, however, on whether political detainees were among them.
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PANAMA CITY.âThe government of Panama has pardoned four terrorists sentenced to eight yearsâ imprisonment for conspiring to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro, the national press announced today Thursday, according to EFE and Notimex.