1.   Authorities freed Farris because state probation officials had not told them that Farris had jumped bond.

2.   Authorities freed her.

3.   Borodin flew to Switzerland last month to face charges, but the Swiss authorities freed him on bail, saying Russian prosecutors had not handed over crucial evidence.

4.   He was arrested there, but authorities freed him against the objections of the U.S.

5.   Some hostages escape or are freed by authorities, while a small number are killed.

6.   The fund subsequently delayed further loans and has refused to release them until the authorities free the official exchange rate.

7.   When Muslim authorities freed her brother and sister-in-law the next day she ordered the children released.

8.   Algerian authorities freed the leader of a banned Islamic fundamentalist party Tuesday, five years after he was imprisoned on charges of inciting rebellion.

9.   Authorities freed a convicted Red Army Faction terrorist on Tuesday but also sounded the alarm over newly perceived threats from another extreme leftist group after a weekend bombing.

10.   Authorities freed a dissident writer Thursday after he spent more than a year in jail, accused of seeking to overthrow the Islamic system.