1.   Along with pardoning the woman who committed a similar crime, Bush has granted three pardons to people who had drug offenses as youths.

2.   Pardoning the women was recommended by Anatoly Pristavkin, the former head of a presidential pardons commission.

3.   The officials said the president also pardoned two women entangled in drug cases who got lengthy prison sentences because of mandatory sentencing laws.

4.   The officials said the president also planned to pardon two women entangled in drug cases who got lengthy prison sentences because of mandatory sentencing laws.

5.   The president also pardoned two women entangled in drug cases who got lengthy prison sentences because of mandatory sentencing laws.

6.   But Israeli President Ezer Weizman and army officials refused to pardon four women involved in killing or wounding Israelis and the others remained in their cells in solidarity.