1.   El-Bashir said the promise of amnesty would soon be incorporated in a special amnesty law.

2.   Even before the ruling, there were reports that President Kim may free them under a special amnesty before he steps down next February.

3.   Even before the ruling, there were reports that President Kim may free them under a special amnesty before he steps down in February.

4.   Gammo said al-Sabah granted the Jordanians a special amnesty, setting the ground for their release.

5.   He also said the bill did not gain the three-fifths parliamentary majority he said was constitutionally necessary for a special amnesty.

6.   Sezer also noted that the law did not have the three-fifths parliamentary majority necessary for a special amnesty.

7.   South Korea marks Christmas and other major holidays with special amnesties or pardons for inmates who it believes have repented.

8.   South Korea will grant special amnesty to political prisoners even if they do not sign statements promising to abandon their ideological beliefs, the Justice Ministry said Wednesday.

9.   The criminal records were cleared in a special amnesty last year.

10.   The Justice Ministry said Monday it was screening a large number of political prisoners to be freed in a special amnesty in August.