51.   A former presidential candidate jailed for rebellion last year was freed in the first act by newly inaugurated Paraguayan president Raul Cubas, a government official said late Tuesday.

52.   A man convicted of stalking Martina Hingis was sentenced Thursday to two years in jail but will be freed in less than one.

53.   A military intelligence source said he might be freed in the coming week.

54.   A Japanese executive freed in the raid returned home Friday.

55.   A German businessman jailed in Iran for having a sexual relationship with a Muslim woman said Saturday he expected to be freed in five days.

56.   A judge freed them in May, finding they were jailed too long without a hearing.

57.   A Moscow city court refused to free Kobets in December, and he has been hospitalized since January.

58.   A police official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he expected most to be freed later in the day.

59.   A large ransom was believed to be paid for an Italian photographer seized in February and freed in mid-April.

60.   According to communist-era legislation still on the books, he could be freed in two years.