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Libyan fighters celebrate in the streets of Sirte Libya in this image taken from TV Thursday Oct. 20, 2011.
(photo: AP / APTN)
Libya clashes end with prisoner swap, ceasefire
France24
| AFP - Rival Libyan fighters who clashed in towns south of Tripoli have settled their deadly dispute through a prisoner swap and agreed to a ceasefire, local officials said on Monday. | "Last night (Sunday) we carried out a prisoner swap... since then, the fighting has stopped," Colonel Ahmed Omar ...
President Barack Obama speaks to members of the media during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug., 3, 2011. From left are, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the president, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
(photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Myanmar-United States Relations: Ambassadors To Be Exchanged Following Prisoner Release
Huffington Post
| WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it was ready to exchange ambassadors with Myanmar as President Barack Obama welcomed the release of 200 political prisoners as a "substantial step forward for democratic reform" in the Southeast Asian country. | U.S. Secretary of Stat...
E-fit of gunman who helped Andrew Farndon escape prison released
The Guardian
| Police are looking for man who confronted prison officials who brought Farndon to hospital, forcing them to let him go E-fit of the gunman who helped Andrew Farndon to escape. Photograph: Suffolk Police/PA | Detectives have released an e-fit likene...
Andrew Farndon prison escape: E-fit of gunman released
BBC News
Police have issued an e-fit likeness of a gunman who helped a prisoner escape from a Suffolk hospital. | Andrew Farndon, 26, fled when two guards were threatened as he arrived at West Suffolk Hospital, in Bury St Edmunds, on Wednesday evening. | Poli...
Images released of prisoner escape
The Guardian
| Police hunting for a violent prisoner who went on the run after being sprung from the clutches of two prison guards as they escorted him to hospital have released CCTV images of his armed escape. | Forces nationwide have joined the search for Andre...
 Ex-Cowboy Lockhart will be released from prison due to illness
The Dallas Morning News
| Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Eugene Lockhart Jr. was cleared to be released from Seagoville federal prison Wednesday so that he can get medical attention. He is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to mortgage fraud. | THE CRIME:Lockhart, ...
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, stands next to Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Dawoud Rajha, right, and Chief of Staff Gen. Fahed al-Jasem el-Freij, left, during a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war, in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday Oct. 6, 2011.
AP / SANA
Syria releases 552 political prisoners
Palm Beach Post
| BEIRUT — Syria's state-run TV says authorities have released 552 prisoners who were involved in anti-regime activities during the nine-month uprising against President Bash...
Ore. man released from prison arrested in bank job
The Tribune San Luis Obispo
| Authorities say it was a busy morning for a man released from an Oregon state prison. After a bus ride home to Eugene on a state-paid ticket, they say he held up a bank at 10:02 a.m. Tuesday and was back in custody three minutes later. | The Regist...
Ore. man released from prison arrested in bank job
The State
| EUGENE, Ore. - Authorities say it was a busy morning for a man released from an Oregon state prison. After a bus ride home to Eugene on a state-paid ticket, they say he held up a bank at 10:02 a.m. Tuesday and was back in custody three minutes late...
Ore. man released from prison arrested in bank job
The News & Observer
Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here The Associated Press Tags: | EUGENE, Ore. -- Authorities say it was a busy morning for a man released from an Oregon state prison. After a bus ride home to Eugene on a state-p...
Military Abuse
President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009.
(photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
Letters to the Editor
Richmond Times Dispatch
| President has ignored the Constitution | Editor, Times-Dispatch: | While Americans were celebrating the holidays, President Barack Obama quietly signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), otherwise known as the Indefinite Detention Act, into law. Obama had initially said he would veto the bill, which contains draconian language authori...


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