Eight Chinese hostages freed in Iraq have been handed back to the Chinese authorities, a diplomat said Sunday, ending 24 hours of jitters and uncertainty about their whereabouts.
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Iraqi militants have freed eight Chinese construction workers, the Chinese Embassy said Saturday.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Guatemala have agreed that a UN human rights office will be opened in the Central American country later this year to advise the government on strengthening civil liberties observance after decades of civil strife have left a legacy of social discrimination.
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Four months of quiet negotiations by France and several Arab countries paid off yesterday with the release of two French journalists kidnapped by an Iraqi extremist group in August.
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Britain's highest court ruled Thursday that the government cannot detain terror suspects indefinitely without trial.
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The historic ruling that Gen Augusto Pinochet is fit to stand trial on murder and kidnapping charges brought victims' relatives onto the streets of Santiago to celebrate.
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Burma's military junta released at least 19 political prisoners yesterday, including members of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party who were among thousands of inmates whose detentions were ruled improper. Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, remained under house arrest.
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The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Wednesday formally launched a four-year programme intended to support an ongoing programme being conducted by the government to help eliminate child labour in Pakistan.
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