Egyptian fishermen acquitted of illegal fishing
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The Egyptian fishermen arraigned in Court accused of illegal fishing in Maltese territorial waters were yesterday discharged of the accusations brought against them.
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WHAT HAPPENED: Egypt released businessman Azzam Azzam, convicted of spying for Israel, for six Egyptian students suspected of trying to kidnap Israeli soldiers.
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By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU  TYRE, Lebanon - The fishermen in this southern Lebanese port city are back at work now that the Israeli sea embargo has been lifted.
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ISMAILIA, Egypt  - A young Egyptian man swam along the Mediterranean coast from the Gaza Strip to Egypt overnight after almost two years of living without papers in the Palestinian enclave, police sources said on Sunday.
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Two British tourists accused over the hit-and-run killing of a Cypriot schoolboy last summer have been acquitted after a court in Cyprus ruled there was a lack of evidence.
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Two Italian mobsters, a bodyguard, a  financier and his girlfriend were acquitted on Wednesday of the  1982 murder of Roberto Calvi, found hanging from a London  bridge and known as &quot;God&#39;s banker&quot; for his Vatican links.
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A Zimbabwe court Friday acquitted most of 70 suspected mercenaries charged with weapons offences in an alleged plot to topple the government of Equatorial Guinea but found their leader, Simon Mann, guilty.
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Egypt's highest civil court ruled Saturday that 12 Coptic Christians who had converted to Islam could return to their old faith, ending a yearlong legal battle over the predominantly Muslim state's tolerance for conversion.
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Pakistan announces arrest of 12 Indian fishermen    ISLAMABAD, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan has arrested 12 Indian fishermen with five boats for illegal fishing in the Pakistani territorial waters, officials said on Saturday.
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Five have convictions quashed after judges conclude that reading Islamist material was not illegal
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The man accused of harbouring two men convicted of involvement in the Bali nightclub bombings has been acquitted by Indonesia&#39;s Supreme Court.
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Egypt has abolished the life-threatening practice of female circumcision, its health ministry says.
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Coroner rules that Shafilea Ahmed, whose body was found on banks of river, was unlawfully killed
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PASIR PUTIH: Patriotism proved to be the undoing of a Thai boat crew caught fishing illegally in Malaysian waters two days ago.  The crew had gone to the trouble of painting a local registration number on the boat and even flew the Jalur Gemilang.
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Egypt yesterday freed an Israeli Arab businessman, convicted of spying, in exchange for Israel&#39;s release of six Egyptian students.
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An Italian court acquitted three north Africans of international terrorism charges linked to the alleged recruitment of suicide bombers to be sent to Iraq, ruling that the men were guerrillas, not terrorists.
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A regional court in Italy rules that the deportation of a controversial Senegalese imam was illegal.