1.   Last year he pardoned two journalists charged with obstruction of justice for refusing to reveal confidential sources for a story about government corruption.

2.   When he recently pardoned two journalists who had been sentenced to prison for libelling the foreign minister, he was hailed by the press union as their royal protector.

3.   He also petitioned the King to pardon the journalists who are presently standing before the courts.

4.   Human rights groups have said they may ask Putin to pardon the journalist.

5.   Iliescu also pardoned two journalists from a local daily who were convicted for publishing a libelous story about a trading company.

6.   On Wednesday, Iliescu pardoned two journalists jailed for libeling authorities in the Black Sea port of Constanta.

7.   On Wednesday, Iliescu pardoned two journalists sentenced to jail for libeling authorities in the Black Sea port of Constanta.

8.   Sihanouk has pardoned local journalists in the past and has been vocal in supporting freedom of the press in Cambodia.

9.   Russian human rights groups said Wednesday that they may ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon convicted journalist Grigory Pasko.

10.   Ivory Coast President Henri Konan Bedie has pardoned three journalists jailed a year ago for offending the head of state, national television reported late Tuesday.