31.   A Filipino relief worker has been freed after being held for seven days by rebels in southern Sudan, the U.N. World Food Program said Monday.

32.   A convicted son of former President Kim Young-sam was kidnapped Monday but freed himself after scuffling with assailants armed with dynamite, police said.

33.   A former legislator arrested on subversion charges has been freed after more than two months in prison, Radio Metropole reported Friday.

34.   A Nigerian man whose account of abuse led to reforms at a detention center for immigrants has been freed after spending three years behind bars.

35.   A Nigerian man whose account of abuse spawned reforms at a detention center for immigrants has been freed after spending three years behind bars.

36.   A well-known newspaper editor and human rights activist was freed after being detained overnight by the military junta that seized power in a May coup.

37.   A reporter for the Financial Times of London has been freed after a week in detention in Nigeria.

38.   About half of those charged were arrested Wednesday and were freed after an initial court appearance.

39.   After serving seven weeks in jail he was freed after an appeals court ruled that there was insufficient proof he had plotted a coup.

40.   All were freed after paying fines.