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With Mumbai grappling for additional land for expansion, the city’s western suburb Bandra could see availability of close to 60 acres of real estate for development. The residents of the Maharashtra government’s employee staff quarters have suggested that government redevelop the colony spread across 96 acres. The residents association has suggested the government to [...]

A FORMER boss of Indonesia's flag carrier has been released from jail after serving a one-year sentence for assisting in the murder of a prominent rights activist.The high-profile activist, Munir Said Thalib, died in 2004 on a flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam, poisoned with arsenic by a Garuda Indonesia pilot accused of links to Indonesia's powerful intelligence agency, BIN.Indra Setiawan was detained on April 14 last year. In February, a court sentenced him to a year in jail minus time already served.The state Antara news agency said Setiawan was released from police custody this morning, although police could not be immediately reached for independent confirmation.Setiawan was charged with falsifying documents that allowed the Garuda pilot, Pollycarpus Budi Priyanto, to travel on Munir's

It was reported today, that an uninsured hit-and-run driver, who killed a four-year-old child, walked free from court. Jason Diprose, 21-years-old, claimed to have learnt to drive on the beach, and has repeatedly been prosecuted for driving without a license. One sunny day in July 2007, Casey O’Callaghan, four-years-old, crossed a one-way street near to his home, [...]

News Update 04.04.08 North Carolina Media coverage of Glen Chapman’s release from death row via the News & Observer, the New York Times, the Charlotte Observer, WRAL, the Hickory Daily Record, NBC-17, and WSOC-TV. Chapman was released two days ago after serving nearly 14 years for two murders he did not commit - one of which [...]

NAIROBI, Reuters (Mar 28 2008) - Two Ethiopian activists jailed for inciting post-election violence in 2005 in a case that triggered condemnation from rights groups were freed from prison on Friday.Daniel Bekele was employed by ActionAid, while Netsanet Demissie worked closely with the global anti-poverty campaigner through his Organisation for Social Justice in Ethiopia.They were the last two defendants after a high profile trial that originally charged 131 journalists, politicians and civil society leaders with offences ranging from genocide to treason."It is indeed a wonderful moment for civil society in Ethiopia," said Irfan Mufti of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), which both men also worked for.Demonstrators took to the streets to protest at polls in May 2005 that th

A 16-year-old Latvian boy who was kidnapped as an infant could soon be reunited with his mother after a startling break in the case, authorities said Wednesday. Investigators made the discovery after the woman who raised the boy in Daugavpils, near the border with Belarus, was arrested in a separate case and questions arose about the [...]

By DAISY NGUYEN, Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES - The former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive who hid for years by posing as an ordinary housewife has been released from prison after serving time for trying to bomb police cars, corrections officials said Thursday.   Sara Jane Olson, formerly known as Kathleen Soliah, walked out of the Central Women’s [...]

Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis has been bailed from a Nevada prison - but he’s heading straight to Florida to face allegations he videotaped two underage girls engaged in a sex performance. Read more! Read full post on Starpulse Tags: starpulse No tag for this post. Related posts No related posts.

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 MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Dec. 22) - American Eric Volz has gone into hiding after hastily leaving Nicaragua, where an appeals court overturned his conviction and 30-year-sentence in the slaying of his Nicaraguan girlfriend.The judge's decision to free the 28-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee, sparked outrage among some Nicaraguans who say the American received special treatment in the local justice system and should not have been released.In a statement broadcast on local television Saturday, the government denied it had acted on pressure from the United States.The U.S. "understands with absolute clarity that we don't respond to pressure," said Foreign Minister Samuel Santos, adding that the Nicaragua's justice system is "independent, and in this case, two out of three judges decided to free Volz."Increasing numbers of American have moved to Nicaragua - the second-poorest country in the hemisphere after Haiti - in recent years, buying up beachfront property and

Hardbeatnews, NASSAU, NY, Weds. Nov. 28, 2007: Trinidad immigrant Kelly Chadee Forbes, known to her Hi5 friends simply as ‘SxyTrini,’ surprisingly walked out of a Nassau jail yesterday a free woman, just days after being charged with murdering her husband.

Pete Doherty freed from court order, what a suprise he seems to get away with all his drug problems. Maybe he should try robbing a bank and see if the judge lets him off. "It's just the beginning.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

News Update 10.11.07 North Carolina Rex Penland, who spent 11 of the last 15 years on death row for a Stokes County murder, was set free last week. Penland, who maintains his innocence, entered an Alford plea to charges including second-degree murder. Given his good behavior and the time already served, he was released almost immediately. Penland was convicted of the 1994 rape and murder of Vernice Alford based on the testimony of his twin nephews. In 2004, DNA testing showed that the semen in the rape kit was not Penland’s, and that the blood on Penland’s pocketknife did not come from the victim. The true source of the semen has not been identified. In Nash County, a juror was arrested in the middle of James Wesley Stallings’ murder trial. First the juror fell asleep during testimony. Then, during a break called so that he could wake up, the juror had a conversation with someone connected to one of the parties in the case. The juror and the audience member sp

News Update 10.09.07 North Carolina Regular readers may recall the case of Floyd Brown, who has been locked up in the state mental hospital for 14 years because he is too mentally retarded to stand trial for a murder he likely did not commit. (Prior reporting here, here, and here.) Mr. Brown was facing the death penalty until the Atkins decision in 2002. Yesterday, Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson dismissed the charges against Mr. Brown and ordered him released from custody. (Image from WRAL.com. Go here for video.) A psychiatrist testified that Mr. Brown is not and never will be competent to stand trial. A doctor and a social worker who work with Brown regularly at the hospital (and who are employed by the State) testified that Brown is mentally retarded and could not have given the detailed confession that is the only evidence connecting him to the crime. An expert in forensics, previously employed by the North Carolina Department of Justice, testified that the performance of An

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Appeasement and dhimmitude are two of them, I fear. Here is the latest on the case: Under the terms of a deal reached Tuesday, South Korea reaffirmed a pledge it made before the hostage crisis began to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year. Seoul also said it would prevent South Korean Christian missionaries from working in the staunchly Muslim country, something it had

The Associated Press reported that 12 South Korean hostages have been freed by the insurgents. The 12 hostages were part of 23 Christians that were taken hostage by the militants on July 19 and held in Afghanistan. All of the hostages were not released together but they were all released near the city of Ghazni,Afghanistan. The hostages were set free into the care of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Not all of the hostages have been released. Two of them have been executed, two were set free earlier and 7 remain in the custody of the Taliban militants. They have agreed to release the rest of the hostages in the coming days. South Korea has agreed to withdraw its 200 non-combat troops from the area and will halt Christian missionary work in Afghanistan.

vincent Online Prayer Request for the second time in 2 years, my ex has accused me of child abuse. i was taking care of a sick mother in san francisco when this happened. i am innocent before god, and i ask for powerful prayers for me as i have to go to court next month. this is unfair to my new wife michelle who is a christian immigrant from the philippines. michelle walks 1 1/2 miles to catch a bus to go to work and is saddend by these false allegations. please pray hard for me. regards vincent

MUMBAI - Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt, jailed for six years for receiving guns from gangsters involved in the country’s worst bombings, was released from prison on bail in western India early on Thursday. Dutt, sporting a beard and a shaved head, walked free following 24 days in jail and after being granted bail by the Supreme Court on Monday while his lawyers challenge the conviction. “I just want to thank all my fans who supported me, and all those who stood for three days outside the jail and I couldn’t meet,” Dutt told reporters at his residence. “I have a long battle to fight. Please pray for me and thank you.” The macho actor began serving his six-year sentence on July 31 — less the 16 months he served while awaiting trial over the bomb attacks that killed 257 people in India’s commercial capital of Mumbai in 1993. Dutt, 48, stepped out of the jail in Pune city and shook the hands of police officers before leaving for home. Dressed in a white, striped shirt, he

Is anybody else bothered by the fact that Scooter Libby was supposed to get more jail time for doing nothing than a woman who killed her husband. What message does this send? "Be careful what you ask your wife for?" SELMER, Tenn. — The woman convicted of manslaughter in the shotgun slaying of her minister husband was freed Tuesday after serving 67 days in custody. Mary Winkler was released from a mental health facility where she had been undergoing treatment for about two months, defense attorney Steve Farese Sr. said. He has declined to identify the facility where Winkler was held. Winkler, 33, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the 2006 shotgun slaying of her husband, Matthew, at the Church of Christ parsonage in Selmer, where the couple lived with their three young daughters. She was charged with first-degree murder, but jurors convicted her of the lesser charge after she testified that her husband abused her and demanded sex she considered unnatural. Winkler wa

It is most fortunate that two of the South Korean Christians who were taken hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan have now been freed (via Michelle Malkin). However, there are still more who haven't been. And the really worrisome thing is: will Korea perform appeasement to get them freed as well?Others on the subject include Macsmind, Shyspeak, Korean Military and Society.

Dow Jones decides tomorrow whether to sell the company to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. If you don’t want to see the pinnacle of journalistic integrity that is the Wall Street Journal turn into something akin to Fox News, do something about it. Mohammed Haneef, an Indian citizen who was accused in Australia of being involved in the failed terror bombings in the UK has been released and cleared of all charges. Held in custody for nearly four weeks, Haneef’s case has raised concerns about Australia’s terror laws and the larger “war on terror”. Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador won this year’s Tour de France, which ended today after a series of doping scandals that forced many contenders to leave the race. Will the Tour de France be able to recover from its recent scandals? The BBC examines the Tour’s history on the 40th anniversary of British cyclist Tom Simpson’s death. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with Preside

At last, the nightmare of the Bulgarian nurses is over, thanks in part to Cecilia Sarkozy, who helped to free them.Now, I think the time has come to isolate Libya and to demand an apology and that they admit to fabricating those lies against the innocent nurses.

In an update to the story that Ish has been following closely, the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor who were sentenced to death for accidentally infecting Libyan children with the AIDS virus have been freed and are on a plane headed for Bulgaria. From the NYTimes: Last week, Libya’s highest judicial council commuted the death sentences of the six medical workers to life in prison after the families of the infected children each received $1 million. That opened the way for the medical workers to be sent to Bulgaria, where they could be pardoned under a 1984 prisoner exchange agreement Libya has with it. It is good to see this kind of resolution to what was becoming an international incident. Email this post...

Update on this. First these people got the death penalty, then life in prison, and now they're pardoned and set free: Thirty Ethiopian opposition leaders have been pardoned and freed from prison just days after being given life sentences over election protests. ... Ethiopia came under strong international pressure over the trial, and some donors cut aid. Here's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi: Mr Meles denied that he was following US orders to free the 30 CUD leaders and eight others convicted over the protests. Five others were convicted in absentia. "The Ethiopian government isn't willing and is unable to be run like a banana republic from Capitol Hill. Some individuals appear to be entertaining such illusions," he said. He also said that some of the international pressure on his government had been "shameful". ... The head of the European Union 2005 election observers in Ethiopia had condemned the life sentences as "farcical" and "inhumane". ... Some 193 people died after thousand

Remy Ma was released Sunday from Rikers Island, where she was being held on attempted murder, first-degree assault and weapons charges in the shooting of a friend on Saturday morning. Remy was released after her manager put up his home as collateral to satisfy a $250,000 bond, The New York Daily News reports. Prosecutors say Remy, born Remy Smith, allegedly shot and wounded 23-year-old Makeda

More than 1,000 "enslaved" workers have been released from a sugar cane plantation in the Amazon following a raid that has highlighted the dark side of the current ethanol boom. Brazilian authorities said that the workers in the northern state of Para were being forced to work 14-hour days in horrendous conditions cutting cane for ethanol production. Police said the raid was Brazil's biggest to date against debt slavery, a practice reminiscent of indentured labour where poor workers are lured to remote rural areas, then pushed into debt to plantation owners who charge exorbitant prices for everything from food to transportation. The plantation's owner, Para Pastoril e Agricola SA, one of the biggest ethanol producers in Brazil, denied the charges yesterday. Brazil has become the poster boy for ethanol production as its massive sugar cane plantations have fuelled a wholesale switch from petrol to biofuels. Rising inter

More than 1,000 "enslaved" workers have been released from a sugar cane plantation in the Amazon following a raid that has highlighted the dark side of the current ethanol boom. Brazilian authorities said that the workers in the northern state of Para were being forced to work 14-hour days in horrendous conditions cutting cane for ethanol production. Police said the raid was Brazil's biggest to date against debt slavery, a practice reminiscent of indentured labour where poor workers are lured to remote rural areas, then pushed into debt to plantation owners who charge exorbitant prices for everything from food to transportation. The plantation's owner, Para Pastoril e Agricola SA, one of the biggest ethanol producers in Brazil, denied the charges yesterday. Brazil has become the poster boy for ethanol production as its massive sugar cane plantations have fuelled a wholesale switch from petrol to biofuels. Rising inter

I am so so happy that the reporter Alan Johnston is free at last , this is good cheerful news , I am so happy for him and for his family Of course the man looks terrible , I mean it has been more than 100 day. Bravo Hamas , Hamas again is trying to prove that it is not terrorist barbaric group as some want to make appear like , really it is enough to see the reception of Johnston with Ismail Hania or even to read how he was set free Bravo to both Johnston and Hamas and Shame on this group that claims to be Islamic , this is not from the manners of Islam to kidnap a civilian unarmed man who came to our countries to cover the truth and terrify him like that For God Sake what were they thinking ?? did they think that Blair would leave Iraq or even apologize for the Balfour's promise when they kidnap Johnston ??  Freed BBC reporter: 'It felt like I was buried alive' - CNN.com Technorati tags: Alan Johnston, BB

Woman Freed in Foxy Brown Assault CaseA woman charged with assaulting and robbing Foxy Brown was released from jail after the rapper failed to appear before a grand jury to testify against her.Roshawn Anthony, 23, was released from Riker's Island on her own recognizance Thursday but still faces charges of robbery, assault and grand larceny in the alleged attack last Saturday, according to a spokesman for the Brooklyn district attorney's office. She has denied the charges.Police say Anthony and three other people teamed up to rob Brown of a Louis Vuitton bag, $500 in cash and credit cards in the East New York section of Brooklyn.The 27-year-old rapper, whose real name is Inga Marchand, is no stranger to violence. She pleaded guilty last year to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a fight with salon workers over payment for a manicure in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. Brown is on probation in that case.She is also facing a battery charge in another incident earlier this year.

Woman Freed in Foxy Brown Assault CaseA woman charged with assaulting and robbing Foxy Brown was released from jail after the rapper failed to appear before a grand jury to testify against her.Roshawn Anthony, 23, was released from Riker's Island on her own recognizance Thursday but still faces charges of robbery, assault and grand larceny in the alleged attack last Saturday, according to a spokesman for the Brooklyn district attorney's office. She has denied the charges.Police say Anthony and three other people teamed up to rob Brown of a Louis Vuitton bag, $500 in cash and credit cards in the East New York section of Brooklyn.The 27-year-old rapper, whose real name is Inga Marchand, is no stranger to violence. She pleaded guilty last year to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a fight with salon workers over payment for a manicure in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. Brown is on probation in that case.She is also facing a battery charge in another incident earlier this year.

She’s free!! She’s free!! Honestly, all this media frenzy over three weeks in jail….whatever…We’ll just have to wait and see exactly how much of a changed woman Paris is. Funny how shy and demure she looked walking towards her parents’ vehicle when she was released. Ya think she’ll be doing the clubbing scene tonight? Heh heh. I do like the more natural look she’s sporting…she should think about keeping that… Here are more photos of Paris being sprung from jail… Here’s some video (like you haven’t already seen it a million times before..): Technorati Tags: Paris Hilton, released from jail, photos, video

Beaming for the cameras, Paris Hilton walked out of jail Tuesday morning after serving what she has called a life-changing sentence for violating probation in an alcohol-related driving case. Shortly after midnight, a smiling Hilton – her hair in a long ponytail and wearing an olive jacket, white shirt and jeans – was escorted by deputies out of the jail complex’s door. She waved to a crowd of nearly 200 reporters, photographers and others, and walked up to a waiting Escalade carrying her parents. “Mom!” she said as she embraced her mother at the car. (See a YouTube clip here.) After she got in, the chauffeured car then drove off with a swarm of photographers in its wake. (more…)

In just two hours Paris Hilton is due to be released from jail. That's right, for now the countdown clock is finally GONE. Woohoo. It won't be back until Paris messes up again.;)The Clever Cynic, http://theclevercynic.blogspot.com/ E-mail: the_clever_cynic@yahoo.com

The 10 Indians, who were taken hostage in Nigeria 16 days back, have been released. All of them worked with a franchise of Indonesia-based Indorama firm. The 10 people, including Indorama's Managing Director Arun Taneja, had been kidnapped by some gunmen after an attack on their residential quarters in Rivers state on June 1. While the Indian High Commission had taken up the matter with Nigerian officials, the negotiations for their release were conducted by the company officials. Indorama had sent a director-level officer to Nigeria to negotiate with the kidnappers.The High Commission had taken up the matter of Indians' security with Nigerian Foreign Ministry and National Security Adviser while the External Affairs Ministry took up the issue with the Nigerian High Commission here. Since January 2006, more than 180 foreign workers have been seized. Militants in the area say they want more of the oil revenues to be spent on local communities. The less developed Niger Delta r

Two recently published children’s books written by Scooter Libby, former chief of staff to Vice-president Chaney who’s sentenced to serve two years in federal prison for not covering up a crime that he didn’t commit, prompted thousands of Liberals to gather in front of the White house and demand that President Bush pardon Libby. "I don’t why a beautiful person like Scooter Libby is in prison while others are free to roam the streets, selling gasoline and trans fats," said Ed Asner, spokes sentient being for the group. No justice, no peace. Free Scooter now! In the first book, Heather Has Two Socially Conscious Parents, an ideal family made up of star football player Heather; her mother, an ACLU attorney; and Heather’s stay at home dad struggle against bigotry and ignorance. The evening after Heather mentions, in class, that she thinks the presence of dinosaur bones proves that the Earth is millions of years old, a fundamentalist mob rouses Heather and

By P.J. Huffstutter, LA Times Staff Writer6:36 PM PDT, June 1, 2007 CHICAGO -- Jack Kevorkian -- the infamous "Dr. Death" considered a remorseless murderer by some and a compassionate physician by others -- was released on parole Friday from a Michigan prison after serving eight years.The frail 79-year-old, wearing his familiar light-blue cardigan and a tie over a button-down shirt and dress slacks, walked slowly out of the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Mich., and grinned cheerfully. Telling a crowd of reporters outside the detention center that leaving prison was one of the "high points of life," the retired pathologist waved goodbye as he and attorney Mayer Morganroth stepped into a white van and drove away.In December, the Michigan Parole Board granted his request to leave prison early -- after eight years of a 10- to 25-year sentence for second-degree murder -- because of his good behavior and a promise not to conduct more assisted suicides.But Kevorki

Here is the article from Taipei Times (original source here).AP, HAVANAWednesday, Apr 25, 2007, Page 7Cuban dissident leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, who wrote a book about prison conditions on the island while behind bars, was freed after serving his full 17-year sentence, human-rights groups said.Garcia Perez, widely known as "Antunez," was released on Sunday, the opposition human-rights group Bitacora Cubana said on Monday.He was arrested for enemy propaganda and attempted sabotage in 1990. Pope John Paul II petitioned for his early release before his historic visit in 1998. Cuba freed 14 others as a goodwill gesture tied to the pope's visit, but left Garcia Perez in prison.PRISON JOURNALWhile serving out his sentence he wrote Boitel Lives, a book about prison conditions that was published outside Cuba.The book is named after Pedro Luis Boitel who died in 1972 in a Cuban prison after 53 days on hunger strike.The Miami-based Cuban American National Foundation, a which represents ant

HAVANA - The Cuban government has released seven dissidents from prison, including a 42-year-old man who had been behind bars for 17 years, dissident sources said on Tuesday.Six dissidents were released Tuesday after spending two years in prison for “public disorder,” ”posing a danger” and “insolence,” the sources said.Their release came two days after another prominent dissident, Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, 42, was freed after spending 17 years and 37 days in prison on charges of “verbal enemy propaganda,” ”attempted sabotage” and failing to respect Cuban leader Fidel Castro.Perez, known as Antunez, was arrested for speaking out against Castro, who leads the Americas’ only one-party communist regime, on March 15, 1990.Dissidents did not see the prisoners’ release as a goodwill gesture from the government, saying recent summary and secretive trials show that the government repression persists.“We don’t see anything special in this,” Elizardo Sanchez, who lea

ROYAL MARINE BASE CHIVENOR, England (AP) - British sailors and marines freed by Iran said Friday they were blindfolded, isolated in cold stone cells and tricked into fearing execution while being coerced into falsely saying they had entered Iranian waters. They said there was no doubt the 15 crew members were in Iraq’s territorial waters when they were seized by heavily armed boats of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. They also said their jailers had singled out the only woman among the captives for use in propaganda. Iran, which has been celebrating the incident as a victory, quickly rejected the charges, dismissing a news conference held by six of the freed personnel as “propaganda” and “a show.” Iranian state TV accused British leaders of “dictating” the crew’s statements. Appearing a day after being flown home to reunions with their families, the eight sailors and seven marines reported undergoing constant psychological pressure and

The President of Iran shook hands with the British hostages this afternoon after announcing he was freeing them. The sailors will leave Tehran early Thursday and arrive at London’s Heathrow airport around 1200 GMT, said Robin Air, father of Royal Marine Capt. Chris Air. Families will be reunited with the crew later Thursday at a military base, he said. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiled as he talked through an interpreter to several of the men held captive for 13 days in the capital Tehran. One of them was heard to say to him: “Thanks for releasing us. I wish you success.” The men were dressed in suits and Leading Seaman Faye Turney, the only woman in the 15-strong patrol of marines and sailors, wore a blue headscarf and pink shirt but it was not thought she had shaken hands with the president. Source I wonder if we will ever know the REAL reason he released them? I also wonder if they will tell the truth about the way they were treated while captive? There are plenty more answ

Houston & Texas News Shaquanda Cotton stands in her dorm room Feb. 23 at the Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Complex in Brownwood. She became the first juvenile inmate ordered freed by Jay Kimbrough, whom Gov. Rick Perry tapped Thursday to lead the Texas Youth Commission out of an abuse and mismanagement scandal. Antonio Perez: Chicago Tribune

... a Democrat who chairs the House juvenile justice committee, said a Texas Youth Commission official told him Shaquanda Cotton was being freed after 12 months in a Brownwood facility. She will be released today to her mother, who was unable to pick ...Blog Search Links: Blogdigger Bloglines Blogpulse Feedster Icerocket Technorati

... prison today, making her the first of what could be hundreds of kids set free as part of an agency overhaul. Shaquanda Cotton has been in the Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Complex in Brownwood for nearly a year for pushing a hall monitor ...Blog Search Links: Blogdigger Bloglines Blogpulse Feedster Icerocket Technorati

... possible release because many of them were identified earlier as eligible for parole or release. The news came as: Shaquanda Cotton, a 15-year-old girl who faced up to seven years in prison for shoving a teacher's aide and whose case made national ...Blog Search Links: Blogdigger Bloglines Blogpulse Feedster Icerocket Technorati

... a Democrat who chairs the House juvenile justice committee, said a Texas Youth Commission official told him Shaquanda Cotton was being freed after 12 months in a Brownwood facility. She will be released Saturday to her mother, who was unable to pick ...Blog Search Links: Blogdigger Bloglines Blogpulse Feedster Icerocket Technorati

... will be released today to her mother after a year of incarceration, a state lawmaker said Friday. The case of Shaquanda Cotton roiled civil rights activists nationwide when it came to prominence in a Chicago Tribune article this month. Cotton's ...Blog Search Links: Blogdigger Bloglines Blogpulse Feedster Icerocket Technorati

Shaquanda Cotton, a 15-year-old black teenager who spent more than a year in the state's distressed juvenile prison system for shoving a teacher's aide in a case that raised questions of racial bias, was ...Blog Search Links: Blogdigger Bloglines Blogpulse Feedster Icerocket Technorati

Breaking: Gilad Shalit will be free, or is this just another hopeful report? Schalit agreement ‘all but finished’ An agreement has been reached with Hamas over the number of prisoners Israel will release in return for Cpl. Gilad Schalit, and the exchange may take place in the coming... [ visit A Jewish Blog to continue reading ]

Sliwa News has some good news from Africa: PRESS RELEASE January 23, 2007 Christian Solidarity International http://www.csi-int.org Contact: Maria Sliwa, M. Sliwa Public Relations, 973-272-2861 102 Sudanese Slaves Freed CSI: "An Excellent Example to all Abolitionists", says Anti-Trafficking Specialist (AWEIL, Southern Sudan) Last week, 102 Black African slaves were liberated from Baggara Arab masters and returned to their homeland in Southern Sudan in an action supported by Christian Solidarity International (CSI). Most of the liberated slaves - mainly boys and young men - had been captured by Sudanese government-sponsored Arab militias during two decades of civil war, pitting the Arab-Muslim dominated Government of Sudan against the predominantly Black African Sudan People's Liberation Front (SPLA). Interviews reveal a strong pattern of physical and psychological abuse. The overwhelming majority of the liberated slaves had been subjected to beatings, racial and r

BBC - On This Day1971: British diplomat freed after eight monthsThe British Ambassador, Geoffrey Jackson, is released eight months after being captured by extreme left-wing guerrillas in Uruguay.1987: Liverpool fans to stand trial in BelgiumTwenty-five English football fans involved in the Heysel stadium disaster are extradited to Belgium.1999: Report urges sweeping reform of RUCThe Royal Ulster

Emilio Morenatti, the AP photographer kidnapped in the Gaza Tuesday has been set free unharmed. He said his kidnappers only spoke Arabic, which he doesn't understand, and that he was blindfolded most of the time. At one point he was held in a small room and visited by masked men. He was also dressed in women's clothes and moved around from one secret place to another for a day. Then before midnight he was taken to the office of Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. The Palestinian Prime Minister's office has made the statement that they know who the kidnappers are and will pursue them.Who knows what the point of this kidnapping, like many others, was? At least he didn't have to convert to Islam to get released. Perhaps it was just a bad Halloween joke.

{mosgoogle right}The Foreign Ministry has confirmed that two Japanese women abducted in Yemen by a militia group believed to be a local tribal organization have been freed, a top official said.Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera told a press conference Thursday morning that the Yemen government officially notified Tokyo that the two women had been released.A diplomat at the Japanese Embassy in Yemen called the two victims and confirmed they are unharmed, and th [...]