11.  During a pretrial hearing in February, Saeed admitted involvement in the kidnapping but later withdraw the statement, which was not made under oath.

12.  During a pretrial hearing in February, Saeed admitted involvement in the kidnapping but later withdrew the statement, which was not made under oath.

13.  He confessed in court last month that he abducted Pearl, but has since withdrawn the statement, which was not made under oath and is considered inadmissible.

14.  He later withdrew the statement.

15.  Last month, Saeed admitted during a court hearing that he was involved in the Pearl kidnapping but later withdrew the statement, which was not made under oath.

16.  Saeed confessed in court last month that he abducted Pearl, but has since withdrawn the statement, which was not made under oath and is considered inadmissible.

17.  Steenkamp dealt the prosecution case a major blow last year when he withdrew statements implicating Boesak, saying he had lied because of a grudge against his former boss.

18.  SUNA quoted al-Jaz as saying he has asked the German ambassador to withdraw the statement he made at the seminar.

19.  The main opposition Grand National Party at first demanded that Lee resign but later withdrew the statement.

20.  Their lawyer said they confessed under torture and that all five have withdrawn their statements.