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Yangon - Two Reuters journalists jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar walked out of prison on Tuesday, freed in a presidential amnesty after a vigorous global campaign -- and backroom diplomacy -- for their release.

Yangon - Two Reuters journalists who had been jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar walked out of prison Tuesday, freed in a presidential amnesty.

Istanbul - A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the release of a second German national arrested last week for "political reasons," local media reported, as tensions escalated between the two allies in the run-up to the German election.

Berlin - One of two German nationals arrested by Turkey for "political reasons" has been released, Berlin said Monday, as tensions intensified between the two NATO allies.

Kiev - A US journalist abducted and held by pro-Kremlin rebels in east Ukraine this week told AFP he was freed Thursday.

Calling factory farming reprehensible from a Christian perspective is ludicrous, especially when we are asked to do everything in our power to undermine the values and social structures that this industry is built on in the first place.

Karachi - Pakistan has released Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, its most senior Afghani Taliban prisoner. He is one of the co-founders of the Taliban.

Thousands of girls across the United States are crushing on Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev, 19, the Boston Marathon bomber, and have been on social media sites proclaiming his innocence.

Mogadishu - U.S. Navy SEALs have rescued two aid workers held hostage by a Somali criminal group during an overnight raid in which a number of hostage-takers were killed.

Koua Fong Lee, the 32 year old Minnesota man, who was jailed after the Toyota he was driving was involved in a fatal crash, has been released from prison. He had served over two years

Toronto - After spending four-and-a-half years in custody on charges of terrorism Abdullah Khadr, has been released from a detention centre. A Toronto judge stayed his extradition hearing, meaning the extradition request to send him to the U.S. was denied.

Two German's kidnapped earlier this month by Nigerian gunmen were freed on Saturday according to the Nigerian foreign ministry.

A Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist has been freed after two years of being detained by the United States military. Bilal Hussein was handed over to AP colleagues today at a checkpoint in Baghdad.

A Dallas man wrongfully sent to prison in 1981 has been released after a DNA test cleared him. Charles Chatman was sent to prison for aggravated sexual assault and sentenced to 99 years.

They arrived in Libya to help with sick and dying children. They stood accused of giving the HIV virus to children. They sat in prison. They were told they would die. Finally they are home. Eight years of fear finally have changed to hope as they landed.

Man accused of impersonation is cleared of Rape charges Involving his brother's girlfriend

After serving 21 and 29 years respectively, two Missouri women are released from prison for murdering their abusive husbands. Both women were originally given life sentences.

A former University of Lethbridge astrophysicist was sentenced to 15 months in prison for child porn is now free after serving just 9 months.

Four hostages abducted in Nigeria's Niger Delta region have been suddenly released.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran will free the 15 detained British sailors and marines as a gift to the British people. The news comes after the president held a news conference in Iran earlier today.

A prisoner, who had served 19 years in jail has been released after his first trial.

DA's office drops charges amid signs of a wrongful conviction

Lord chancellor defends judge and home secretary