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| Jul. 17 |
 Spain |
Four Madrid bomb convicts cleared Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of 4 people found guilty of involvement in the train bombings in 2004
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| Jun.17 |
USA |
Senior officer cleared in Haditha deaths A Marine Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani became the seventh person cleared of charges related to the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Iraq
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| Jun.4 |
 Southern California |
Marine cleared over Iraq killings  A military jury has acquitted Lt Andrew Grayson of charges that he helped cover up the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2...
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| May.7 |
Brazil |
Man acquitted in U.S. nun's assassination
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| May.1 |
Sudan |
Al-Jazeera: Cameraman freed from Gitmo
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| Apr.26 |
Saudi Arabia |
Blogger freed from jail
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| Apr.25 |
New York |
Police acquitted over shooting
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| Apr.22 |
Pakistan |
Prisoner release to win over militants
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Court sentences key militant
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| Mar.31 |
 Chad |
 Aid workers free after Chad pardon 6 French aid workers convicted of plotting to kidnap African children for adoption in Europe have been released from prison
| The members of a charity were convicted of kidnapping 103 African children in Chad
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| Mar.24 |
 Pakistan |
Judges freed by new PM| Deposed chief justice made his first public appearance in 4 months after Yousaf Raza Gilani vowed to release all judges held since last year | |
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| Mar.14 |
Pakistan |
Court quashes last Zardari graft charge A court quashed the last outstanding graft charge against the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
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Taylor war crimes trial resumes
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| Dec.28 |
 Australia |
'Terror' convict freed David Hicks sentenced by the United States for supporting terrorism has been freed from a prison, after completing his term
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Chad |
 French aid workers leave Chad  6 charity workers sentenced in Chad to 8 years of hard labor for trying to kidnap children were on their way back to France
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| Dec.26 |
Baghdad |
Government backs amnesty law
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| Dec.20 |
Northern Ireland |
Man cleared of Omagh bombing Sean Hoey accused of carrying out Northern Ireland's worst terror attack in 30 years was cleared on all charges
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| Dec.17 |
 Saudi Arabia |
Report: King pardons rape victim King Abdullah has pardoned a rape victim who had been sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in prison in a case that sparked international attention
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Fujimori gets 6 years in prison
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| Dec.7 |
Guantanamo |
UK Guantanamo four to be released 4 of the 5 British residents held by the US at Guantanamo Bay are to be released
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Alabama |
Van der Sloot ordered released from jail
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| Nov.9 |
Chad |
Chad frees Spaniards in 'kidnap' plot A judge in Chad freed 3 Spanish flight crew members who had been detained for allegedly plotting to kidnap African children
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| Jul.26 |
Australia |
Australia drops terror charge Top prosecutor dropped a terror charge against an Indian doctor accused of supporting failed bomb attacks on London and Scotland
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| Jul.23 |
 Libya |
 HIV medics released to Bulgaria 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
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Three guilty over 21/7 bomb plot
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| Jun.4 |
Guantanamo |
Charges dropped for two detainees Military judges dismissed charges against a detainee who chauffeured Osama bin Laden and another who allegedly killed a U.S. soldier
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| Apr.23 |
 Japan |
Obara acquitted over Lucie death Japanese businessman Joji Obara has been acquitted of charges over the death of British bar hostess
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| Feb.12 |
Germany |
Meinhof gang killer to be freed
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Saddam Hussein hanged
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| Sep.20 |
 South Africa |
S. Africa drops Zuma graft charges The corruption case against former South African Deputy President has been thrown out of court
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| Jun.2 |
Iraq |
Troops cleared of wrongdoing A US military investigation: There was no misconduct by US troops over Iraqi civilian deaths in the town of Ishaqi
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| May.8 |
South Africa |
Zuma acquitted in rape case| A judge acquitted former Deputy President on charges he raped an HIV-positive family friend. The decision is keeping alive the political Zuma's hopes recently seen as the country's next president
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| Jun.13 |
Southern California |
Michael Jackson cleared on all counts| A jury deliberated about 32 hours and acquit pop star of the child molestation, conspiracy and alcohol charges | |
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| Apr.22 |
Washington |
U.S. Army clears top brass in Abu Ghraib
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| Mar.16 |
 Canada |
Two cleared of Air India bombing A Canadian judge has cleared two Sikh militants of involvement in the 1985. Probe call after the verdict
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Jackson's accuser in witness box
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| Jan.11 |
England |
5 Gitmo detainees to be freed
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| Oct.15 |
Zimbabwe |
Tsvangirai innocent of treason
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| Sep.21 |
Iraq |
Iraq woman prisoner 'to be freed'
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| Sep.1 |
Malaysia |
Court frees Anwar
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Colorado |
Kobe Bryant rape case collapses
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| Jul.24 |
Iran |
Iranian agent cleared over death
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Defiant Saddam in court
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| Jun.15 |
 Jerusalem |
 Sharon won't face bribery charges Attorney general will not seek an indictment against Prime Minister on bribery charges in the so-called Greek Island affair
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| Apr.7 |
 Hamburg |
Court frees 9/11 suspect El Motassadeq, the only suspect convicted in the 9/11 attacks, has been released from a jail, pending a retrial
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| Mar.15 |
Guantanamo |
Two dozen freed from Guantanamo
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| Mar.10 |
England |
UK releases all Gitmo returnees
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Jury finds Martha Stewart guilty
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| Dec.11 |
Germany |
Court frees 9/11 suspect
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| Jul.18 |
Afghanistan |
Guantanamo detainees return home
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| Dec.18 |
Netherlands |
Court frees terror suspects
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