Ex-Philippine President Estrada walks free
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Joseph Estrada, the jailed former leader  of the Philippines, walked free on Friday as President Gloria  Macapagal Arroyo faced criticism for pardoning the playboy  movie star.
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Accused of corruption, a former Philippine president (and action movie superstar) is sentenced to life imprisonment  -  in his country estate.
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After being imprisoned nearly half his life for the murders of his parents, Martin H. Tankleff walked free Thursday.
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MANILA: An Italian aid worker walked free from the southern Philippines jungle on Wednesday, a day after he was abducted by local gunmen, officials said.
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An Italian aid worker walked free from the southern Philippines jungle, a day after he was abducted by local gunmen, officials said.
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KARACHI: The husband of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was freed yesterday, a day after his re-arrest looked to have dimmed hopes for reconciliation with military ruler President Pervez Musharraf.
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Philippine courts granted former first lady Imelda Marcos permission on Thursday to leave the country for 15 days to travel to Hong Kong and China for medical treatment and to attend a trade show.
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The man once known as Mr ten per cent, Asif Ali Zardari, husband of self exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is finally set to walk free after 8 years in police custody.
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MALACAÃANG said on Monday that it was holding on to former President Joseph Estrada&#39;s words that he would return to the country and would not use his trip to Hong Kong to escape prosecution.
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A Manila court granted former first lady Imelda Marcos permission on Thursday to leave the country for 15 days to travel to Hong Kong and China for medical treatment and to attend a trade show.
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, Carlito Pablo. Editor&#39;s Note: Published on page A1 of the Dec. 14, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. HIS PASS was good for three hours but former President
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Cuba has freed one of the country&#39;s best-known dissidents, the acclaimed poet and journalist Raul Rivero. The 59-year-old was among 75 people arrested in a huge government crackdown last year and given long prison terms.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pardoned her ousted predecessor Thursday, a move that drew praise as an olive branch toward political reconciliation and scorn as an opportunistic maneuver that endorses corruption.
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Lawyers for Philippine ex-President Joseph Estrada conclude their five-month defence at his plunder trial.
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Former President Joseph Estrada is freed from detention, after receiving a pardon from his successor.
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ANDAHUAYLAS, Peru -- A four-day occupation of a police station and part of a Peruvian town by an armed group of ex-military nationalists demanding the president's resignation ended yesterday when they surrendered and freed their hostages.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pardoned her ousted predecessor Thursday, paving the way for Joseph Estrada's release a month after he was sentenced to life in prison for corruption