Dissidents among thousands freed in Myamar
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RANGOON - At least two dissidents are among thousands of prisoners being freed by the Myanmar military government in a third mass release in less than a month.
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Burmese authorities release three prominent dissidents involved in last month's democracy protests.
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YANGON Hundreds of inmates were released from Myanmar&#39;s main prison Friday, witnesses said, a day after the military regime announced that it was expanding its prisoner release program to more than 9,000 people.
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MALDA, India  - Two senior leaders of Nepal's Maoist rebels were released from jail in the Indian state of West Bengal on Thursday, prison officials said, after all charges against them were dropped.
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Members of a group of tribal Iraqi leaders kidnapped in Baghdad have been freed, a spokesman says.
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Around 150 immigrants who face being deported are being released on bail to make room for detainees caught up in protests at an immigration removal centre.
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The government on Saturday tried to ease tensions over the deaths of 85 accused Muslim rioters -- including 78 who died in military custody -- by freeing hundreds of detainees
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NARATHIWAT, Thailand - Hundreds of Muslim men were freed in southern Thailand on Saturday after being detained last week in the wake of protests that left 85 dead and outraged Muslims worldwide.
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The government Wednesday freed 17 people who had been arrested for rebel activities, following the terms of a peace accord that aims to return the restive nation to stability after more than a year of sporadic insurgency.
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Two prominent pro-democracy leaders were among hundreds of prisoners released from a Myanmar prison Sunday as part of a broad amnesty granted by the country's ruling junta, the prisoners and family members said.
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Burma&#39;s military rulers will free 5,311 more prisoners after the government said earlier this month thousands of others would also be released, according to state media reports.
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A hundred jailed Muslim extremists, including some who allegedly fought for al-Qaida in Iraq, were released by authorities, a Yemeni security official said.
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Two senior pro-democracy leaders jailed in 1995 for distributing anti-government pamphlets were freed in military-ruled Myanmar on Sunday, part of the junta's latest release of more than 5,000 prisoners.
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YANGON: All 9,248 Myanmar prison inmates promised freedom under the military government&#39;s mass release programme have been let out of jail, said a prison department source on Saturday.
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Militant Buddhist monks in Myanmar who had taken about 20 officials hostage in a monastery freed them after intervention by a senior abbot, said a senior monk.
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Israel frees a large group of Palestinian prisoners in a move intended to strengthen Mahmoud Abbas.
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More than 1,100 Muslims detained after a riot were freed Saturday, as the government tried to ease anger in Thailand&#39;s restive south over the deaths of dozens of accused rioters - including 78 who perished in military custody.