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Kim Kardashian freed by LA court in Blac Chyna defamation trial
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Taliban warn will ?reconsider? policy towards US if assets not freed
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US last week seized $7bn belonging to ex-Aghan govt, to split funds between 9/11 victims and aid for post-war Afghanistan -
South Korea's ex-president freed after nearly 5 years in prison
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President Moon Jae-in expresses hope for Park to ?overcome unfortunate past history and promote national unity? -
Pakistani students freed after being unlawfully forced into hotel quarantine in UK
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The two students had arrived in London from Turkey, which is on the UK's amber list -
Stranded cargo ship is on its way to Karachi harbour,says maritime expert
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Cargo ship stuck at Karachi beach expected to be freed by Tuesday
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In today's operation, the ship moved 200 meters into the sea and the ship's engine also started -
Watch: How the cargo ship stuck on Karachi's Seaview beach is being freed
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Three-day operation starts to free Heng Tong ship stranded at Karachi?s Seaview beach since 20 days -
Ship blocking Suez Canal could be freed by start of next week
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The 400-metre long Ever Given became wedged diagonally across southern section of canal amid high winds earlier on Tuesday -
Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul freed from jail, relatives say
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None of us can forget the insult and humiliation we faced on that day, says Mehbooba Mufti about India's illegal August 5 move
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Fifty Shades Freed (2018) Anastasia and Christian get married, but Jack Hyde continues to threaten their relationship.
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With Thai soccer team freed, Hollywood gears up for the movie
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Journalists celebrate after a news conference near Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand. Photo: ReutersThe dramatic rescue of a Thai boys soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave complex this week... -
An outside view of the Adiala prison in Rawalpindi. ? Geo News FILERAWALPINDI: Dozens of prisoners were released from different jails in the country on Friday under Eid remission announced by President Mamnoon Hussain.Sixty-seven prisoners were...
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Americans freed by North Korea before Trump-Kim summit head home
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang, North Korea. Photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 9, 2018. KCNA/via REUTERS WASHINGTON: North Korea released... -
For Saudi tycoons freed from detention, cheers and a business challenge
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Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sits for an interview with Reuters in the office of the suite where he has been detained at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 27, 2018. ? Reuters FILE RIYADH: Cheering supporters greeted Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal when he arrived at his skyscraper offices in Riyadh after his release from detention in an anti-corruption crackdown. But he and other tycoons freed from a luxury hotel in the Saudi capital face a challenge to get back into the swing of running their financial empires in the uncertainty hanging over the business community since their detention in early November. Their ability to do so could impact Saudi Arabia?s attempts to lure investors to big projects, an important part of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman?s grand vision to transform the kingdom and reduce its dependence on oil. ?It will need another six to nine months without disruption or another witch hunt before anyone would be willing to move on anything major,? a regional banker said of the business climate. ?This is not the right time to bring anything to market.? Online footage showed Prince Alwaleed waving from a luxury car in a convoy trailed by police as he arrived this week at the Kingdom Center skyscraper one day after his release, and then walking inside with his private physician. A source familiar with the matter said the prince received an operational update on his global portfolio, which includes stakes in Twitter (TWTR.K), ride-hailing firm Lyft and French hotel operator Accor (ACCP.PA). In the first few days after his detention, the share price of his investment firm Kingdom Holding (4280.SE) plunged 23 percent, erasing $2.2 billion of his personal fortune on paper. After a jump this week, the stock has regained almost all that it lost, but during the prince?s detention the overall stock market rose 10 percent. Kingdom shares do not reflect that gain, indicating investors are still applying a discount to his company because of the uncertainty. Prince Alwaleed?s predicament suggests Saudi tycoons who have long been content to focus on amassing huge profits must now consider whether the government?s anti-corruption drive could stop them in their tracks. Saudi Arabia?s attorney general said on Tuesday that settlement deals had secured just over $100 billion from members of the elite. He did not provide a breakdown, and Reuters could not verify that figure. Back in the driving seat In another video, property mogul Mohammad Aboud al-Amoudi sits in a black office chair at his home in Jeddah receiving kisses on the hand and forehead from a procession of well-wishers who utter thanksgiving for his safe return after nearly three months in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh. A company representative reached by phone said Amoudi was in good health. ?It is as if he was traveling and returned, nothing more,? said the person who declined to be named, adding it was not clear if he would run the company again. Associates of other released detainees, including media magnate Waleed al-Ibrahim and retail billionaire Fawaz al-Hokair, told Reuters they were at home catching up with family and close friends. An email to MBC employees seen by Reuters described Ibrahim as ?fit and eager to get back?. It said he would travel to Dubai in a couple of weeks to get ?back in the driving seat.? Hokair, meanwhile, is hosting dinners for guests, according to one attendee. The stock price of his company, fashion retailer Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair Co (4240.SE), is still 13 percent below its level just before he was detained. ?It?s as if he was on a business trip or in a summer holiday or a religious trip. He is fully motivated, full of ambitions,? the attendee said. ?He does not talk about anything, he just says he was happy and received good treatment.? These men are among the last group released from the Ritz, which had been used since November as a prison and interrogation center for dozens of senior princes, ministers and businessmen and was cleared out on Tuesday. Specific allegations against the men and the settlements they agreed before their release were kept secret. Some may have been moved to prison after refusing to admit wrongdoing and reach financial settlements; they may stand trial. Notably absent from the final batch of releases were Prince Turki bin Abdullah, the king?s nephew, and dismissed Economy Minister Adel Fakieh. Their fates remain unknown. Two bankers said assets or corporate ownership transfers had not yet been made for the last batch of released detainees and any handovers could be shielded from public view for some time through what one banker described as ?very clever lawyers and accountants.? Critics have described the anti-corruption campaign as a shakedown and power move by the Crown Prince. The government denies this. As workers removed security barriers at the Ritz-Carlton in anticipation of the hotel?s reopening in mid-February, recently checked-out ?guests? reconnected with loved ones. Pictures shared on social media showed Alwaleed visiting an ill nephew in hospital. On Twitter, people urged him to continue his charitable activities. -
Two Americans, two Canadians freed after kidnapping in Nigeria: police
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Nigeria police/ Reuters file KADUNA: Two Americans and two Canadians have been freed after being kidnapped in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, a police spokesman said on Saturday. Kidnapping, usually for ransom, is common in parts of Nigeria, though abductors usually target other Nigerians. However, the kidnapping of foreigners is not uncommon. The Americans and Canadians were ambushed by unknown gunmen on Wednesday while traveling from the town of Kafanchan in Kaduna state to the capital, Abuja. Kafanchan is more than three hours? drive northeast of Abuja. Mukhtar Aliyu, a spokesman for Kaduna state police, said they were freed on Friday. ?It was the efforts of the police, through the directive of the inspector general of police, that yielded their release last night,? he said. Aliyu said no ransom was paid. The road connecting Abuja and Kaduna has long been targeted by kidnappers. Two German archaeologists were abducted in the region last February; they were later freed. -
Freed Canadian hostage arrested for 15 charges including assault
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Joshua Boyle/File photo MONTREAL: A Canadian man who was held captive by a faction of the Afghan Taliban for five years has been arrested on 15 charges including sexual assault, illegal confinement and issuing death threats, according to reports on Tuesday. Joshua Boyle was freed last October along with his American wife Caitlan Coleman and their three children born in captivity. The identity of the alleged victim was being withheld by a court, according to Boyle´s lawyer Eric Granger. Granger added his client was "presumed innocent" and had never been in any form of legal trouble before. "We look forward to receiving the evidence and defending him against these charges," he said, adding Boyle would appear before a court in Ottawa on Wednesday. Joshua Boyle was freed last October along with his American wife Caitlan Coleman and their three children born in captivity According to news channel CTV, Boyle is facing eight counts of assault, two counts of sexual assault and two counts of unlawful confinement, as well as one each of misleading police to "divert suspicion from himself," uttering a death threat, and administering a noxious substance, Trazodone. In a statement to The Toronto Star and published on the newspaper´s website, Boyle´s wife would not comment on the specific charges "but I can say that ultimately it is the strain and trauma he was forced to endure for so many years and the effects that that had on his mental state that is most culpable for this." She said "with compassion and forgiveness that I... hope help and healing can be found for him." Coleman added that she and the children were healthy. Boyle and Coleman, who have been married since 2011, were kidnapped by the Taliban during what they described as a backpacking trip through war-torn Afghanistan in 2012, and were later transferred to the custody of the Haqqani faction. Boyle says child killed, US wife raped during five-year captivity The rescued family arrived in Canada after five years in Taliban captivity They were freed on October 12 by the Pakistan Army, but refused to board a US military plane. Boyle, a Muslim convert and long-time advocate of freed Guantanamo inmate Omar Khadr, cited fears over his background. Upon his arrival in Toronto two days later Boyle accused his captors of raping his wife and killing his baby daughter, a fourth child -- allegations swiftly refuted by the Taliban. A Taliban spokesman admitted a baby had died but said it was a result of a natural miscarriage. A month later Coleman also spoke of a sexual "assault" by two of her captors in an interview with ABC news. Boyle has been an outspoken advocate for Omar Khadr, a Canadian captured at the age of 15 in 2002 in Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo Bay before being transferred to Canada and later released. He married Khadr´s sister in 2009. -
Members of a police special operations unit gather outside a post office, where a man took people hostage, in Kharkiv, Ukraine December 30, 2017. REUTERS KHARKIV: Ukrainian police on Saturday freed the remaining hostages being held in a post office by an man believed to be strapped with explosives, and arrested the hostage taker after an hours-long standoff in the city of Kharkiv. ?All hostages freed in Kharkiv. The assailant was arrested,? President Petro Poroshenko wrote on Twitter, while Interior Minister Arsen Avakov published a picture of the man, with blood streaming down his face, being held by a policeman. None of the hostages were harmed. A Reuters witness saw special force police in green camouflage rushing to the entrance of the post office, a yellow-and-white building at a road junction in the northeastern city near the Russian border. In earlier statements, police said the man had entered the post office wearing a mask and taken 11 people hostage with the intention of robbing the place. Five of the hostages -- three women and two children -- were released early. Regional police chief Oleg Bekh told reporters the man had a history of antisocial behavior and drug-related offences. ?He probably needs the help of a psychiatrist,? Bekh said. ?During the detention, he received minor injuries. He was not in a normal state ... the hostages said he was drinking alcohol.? Police were able to enter the building after one of the hostages opened the door for them, Kharkiv regional prosecutor Yuriy Danylchenko told reporters. Police earlier said they had been in contact with the man via the telephones of the hostages, describing his manner as calm and not making any demands. Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Avakov, said employees at the post office and customers had been among the hostages. One of them had managed to call the police from inside the building. ?The patrolmen came to the place of the robbery in a few minutes,? Gerashchenko wrote on Facebook. ?The robber realized that he could not now safely leave the crime scene with the loot and he decided to declare that he was taking everyone hostage.? One of the children released by the hostage taker told local media that the man had put explosives into two bottles and threatened to blow himself up if police did not listen to him. The man also said he had brain cancer, according to the child. The man at one point voiced concern about the recent prisoner exchange between the Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists and thought more prisoners should have been released, police said. Ukraine and the separatists swapped hundreds of prisoners on Wednesday in the biggest such exchange since the outbreak of a conflict in the eastern Donbass region that has killed more than 10,000 people.
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Saudi prince freed in $1-billion settlement agreement: official
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Saudi Arabian Prince Miteb bin Abdullah at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France June 18, 2014. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Files DUBAI: Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah ? once seen as a leading contender to the throne ? was freed after reaching an ?acceptable settlement agreement? with authorities paying more than $1 billion, a Saudi official said on Wednesday. Miteb ? who was head of the elite National Guard ? was among dozens of royal family members, ministers, and current and former senior officials who were rounded up in a graft inquiry at least partly aimed at strengthening Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's power. Miteb was released on Tuesday after reaching ?an acceptable settlement agreement?, an official involved in the anti-corruption campaign said, adding that ?the amount of the settlement was not disclosed but it is believed to be more than one billion US dollar equivalent.? ?It is understood that the settlement included admitting corruption involving known cases,? the official said. Officials from Miteb?s office could not immediately be reached for a comment. Royal family members and acquaintances of Miteb had earlier posted messages on social media suggesting that the prince was at his home in Riyadh, but did not say how his release had come about. Saudi authorities announced on November 4 the arrest of at least 11 royal family members, as well as four ministers and dozens of former officials and businessmen in what the government said was a crackdown on corruption. Billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, an international investor, was among those detained. Saudi authorities had been working on striking agreements with some of those in detention, asking them to hand over assets and cash in return for their freedom. In an interview with the New York Times published last week, Prince Mohammed bin Salman was quoted as saying that the vast majority of about 200 businessmen and officials implicated in the crackdown were agreeing to settlements under which they would hand assets over to the government. Apart from Miteb, the Saudi official said that at least three other people allegedly involved in corruption cases have also finalized settlement agreements. He added the Public Prosecutor had also decided to release a number of individuals and to prosecute at least 5 individuals. The official gave no details on their identities. As the Sandhurst-trained preferred son of the late King Abdullah, Miteb was once thought to be a leading contender to the throne. Before he was sacked by a royal decree on November 4, he headed the Saudi National Guard ? an elite internal security force originally based on traditional tribal units and run by his father for five decades. He was also the last remaining member of Abdullah?s Shammar branch of the family to retain a key position at the top of the Saudi power structure after brothers Mishaal and Turki were relieved of their posts as governors in 2015. -
Saudi prince freed in $1-billion settlement agreement: official
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Saudi Arabian Prince Miteb bin Abdullah at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France June 18, 2014. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Files DUBAI: Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah ? once seen as a leading contender to the throne ? was freed after reaching an ?acceptable settlement agreement? with authorities paying more than $1 billion, a Saudi official said on Wednesday. Miteb ? who was head of the elite National Guard ? was among dozens of royal family members, ministers, and current and former senior officials who were rounded up in a graft inquiry at least partly aimed at strengthening Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's power. Miteb was released on Tuesday after reaching ?an acceptable settlement agreement?, an official involved in the anti-corruption campaign said, adding that ?the amount of the settlement was not disclosed but it is believed to be more than one billion US dollar equivalent.? ?It is understood that the settlement included admitting corruption involving known cases,? the official said. Officials from Miteb?s office could not immediately be reached for a comment. Royal family members and acquaintances of Miteb had earlier posted messages on social media suggesting that the prince was at his home in Riyadh, but did not say how his release had come about. Saudi authorities announced on November 4 the arrest of at least 11 royal family members, as well as four ministers and dozens of former officials and businessmen in what the government said was a crackdown on corruption. Billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, an international investor, was among those detained. Saudi authorities had been working on striking agreements with some of those in detention, asking them to hand over assets and cash in return for their freedom. In an interview with the New York Times published last week, Prince Mohammed bin Salman was quoted as saying that the vast majority of about 200 businessmen and officials implicated in the crackdown were agreeing to settlements under which they would hand assets over to the government. Apart from Miteb, the Saudi official said that at least three other people allegedly involved in corruption cases have also finalized settlement agreements. He added the Public Prosecutor had also decided to release a number of individuals and to prosecute at least 5 individuals. The official gave no details on their identities. As the Sandhurst-trained preferred son of the late King Abdullah, Miteb was once thought to be a leading contender to the throne. Before he was sacked by a royal decree on November 4, he headed the Saudi National Guard ? an elite internal security force originally based on traditional tribal units and run by his father for five decades. He was also the last remaining member of Abdullah?s Shammar branch of the family to retain a key position at the top of the Saudi power structure after brothers Mishaal and Turki were relieved of their posts as governors in 2015. [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/b3df537b3d3093546245a43cfc8298ed.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvMjkvMjAxNyA1OjU2OjQ1IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9aFF6RGs5cHROVk1XWGZpbHZQWDZ2QT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] -
Mother freed from militants' custody recalls captors' brutality
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The family was rescued by the Pakistan Army on October 12, 2017. Photo: File NEW YORK: A US mother held hostage by militants for five years has detailed the violence and sexual assault she endured in captivity, and said her young son was also beaten. "This was an intolerable situation for a child to be in," Caitlan Coleman Boyle, 31, told ABC News in a television interview broadcast Monday. Boyle gave birth to three children in captivity. She and her Canadian husband were abducted by militants while travelling through a remote area of Afghanistan ? for reasons that remain unclear ? in 2012. Army describes freeing US-Canadian couple from Taliban Pakistan was told by US intelligence at 4pm on Wednesday that the hostages were on the move The family were released last month in Pakistan in circumstances that are also unclear, and are now trying to rebuild their lives in Canada. Pakistan´s military has said it rescued the family while some US and Canadian officials have reportedly described their release as a "negotiated handover." Boyle said their guards "could be very violent, even sometimes with the children," assaulting their now four-year-old son with a stick, and hitting her and her husband. Freed American hostage Caitlan Coleman rushed to hospital ?My wife has been through hell, and she has to be my first priority right now,? her husband Boyle said "I would get beaten or hit or thrown on the ground," she told ABC News. She broke a cheekbone and three fingers while intervening to protect the children, her husband, Joshua Boyle, 34, told ABC. They made toys out of bottle caps and bits of cardboard, and fearing the family could be beheaded, they made up a game based on England´s Charles I, who was executed in 1649, and Oliver Cromwell, she said. "Obviously with people like this, the idea of a beheading is always on the table, so he certainly knew that this type of thing could happen to his family but then we would come up with games to make it not seem so scary," she said. "He had great fun pretending to be Oliver Cromwell and chasing Charles I around and trying to behead him," she said. "We made it a game so that he wasn´t afraid." After the family returned to Canada last month, Boyle, 34, accused his kidnappers of murdering an infant daughter through a "forced abortion" and of raping his wife. Boyle says child killed, US wife raped during five-year captivity The rescued family arrived in Canada after five years in Taliban captivity "They came into the cell, and they took my husband out forcefully, dragging him out, and one of the guards threw me down on the ground, hitting me and shouting ´I will kill you, I will kill you´" his wife told ABC News. "And that´s when the assault happened. It was with two men. And then there was a third at the door. And afterwards, the animals wouldn´t even give me back my clothes." The Pakistan Army announced on October 12 that the family had been "recovered... from terrorist custody through an intelligence-based operation by Pakistani troops." US intelligence services had been tracking the movement of the hostages and informed their Pakistani partners when they were moved across the Pak-Afghan border into Kurram Agency on October 11, 2017. -
Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont freed with conditions in Belgium
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BRUSSELS: A Belgian judge has granted conditional release to sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his ministers, and the group is scheduled to appear at court within 15 days, Belgian prosecutors said on Monday. Puigdemont, who turned himself into Belgian police after Spain issued a European arrest warrant for rebellion and misuse of public funds, is barred from leaving Belgium without a judge?s consent. ?The next step in the proceedings is the appearance of the five defendants before the Chambre du Conseil within the next 15 days,? prosecutors said in a statement. -
KARACHI: Pakistani authorities on Monday handed over 68 Indian fishermen to the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Wagah border crossing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. Pakistan on Sunday released 68 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters as a goodwill gesture to India. Officials of the Ministry of Interior and Punjab Rangers handed over these fishermen to the BSF at Wagah border crossing, the ISPR said in a statement. The fishermen, on the occasion, thanked the Pakistani government, it added. Indian fishermen chant 'Pakistan zindabad' after being set free Pakistan released 68 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture to its neighbour India Out of the 68 fishermen, 66 belonged to the Indian province of Gujrat, while two of them hailed from Uttar Pradesh. Speaking to media on Sunday, the Indian fishermen said that the behaviour of the Pakistani jail officials was very cooperative and they were allowed to carry out religious rituals on Diwali. Indian and Pakistani fishermen are frequently detained for illegal fishing since the Arabian Sea border is not clearly defined and many boats lack the technology to fix their precise location. The fishermen often languish in jail, even after serving their terms, as fulfilling formalities can take a long time due to poor diplomatic ties between the two neighbours. In July, Pakistan released 78 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters.
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Now freed from jail, Putin critic Navalny resumes presidential campaign
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends an appeal against his jail for repeatedly violating laws governing the organisation of public meetings and rallies, at Moscow city court in Moscow, Russia, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Files MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny held a political rally on Sunday, hours after being released from jail and pledged to continue his presidential campaign despite the authorities saying he is ineligible to stand. Navalny ? a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin ? was detained by police in late September and sentenced to 20 days in jail on charges of repeatedly violating laws by organizing public meeting and rallies. It was the third time he had been jailed this year, part of what he says is a pattern of Kremlin harassment designed to thwart his political ambitions. Russia?s central election commission has declared him ineligible to run for president next year due to a suspended prison sentence, which he says was politically-motivated. Shrugging off that ban, the 41-year-old lawyer held a campaign rally in the provincial town of Astrakhan in southern Russia on Sunday evening, hours after walking free from jail. Navalny said after the rally he would continue to campaign and had the right to take part in next year?s election. ?We have more right to take part in the elections than all the other candidates combined,? Navalny wrote on his website. Putin, 65, has for months declined to say whether he will run for what would be his fourth stint in the Kremlin but is widely expected to do so. Opinion polls suggest he would comfortably win. One candidate who has declared her hand is TV personality Ksenia Sobchak, who said last week she planned to run, offering liberal voters unhappy with Putin?s rule someone to back, though she has little prospect of winning. Some opposition activists fret she is a Kremlin project designed to split the opposition, something she denies. Last month, commenting on rumours that Sobchak would run, Navalny complained she was being used by the Kremlin as a safe lightning conductor for voters? dissatisfaction. But he struck a more conciliatory note on Sunday with TV Rain citing him as saying that everyone, including Sobchak, had the right to take part in the March election. -
Freed American hostage Caitlan Coleman rushed to hospital
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Caitlan Coleman, the American woman who was rescued along with her family by Pakistani troops after five years in Taliban captivity, had to be rushed to hospital, her husband said. Joshua Boyle, her Canadian husband, told the Associated Press in an email that his wife was admitted to hospital on Monday. His email did not specify why she was taken to the hospital. ?My wife has been through hell, and she has to be my first priority right now,? Boyle wrote. He also said that he and his wife had decided to have children even in captivity because they always wanted to have a big family. ??Hey, let?s make the best of this and at least go home with a larger start on our dream family,? we decided.? Boyle said their three children are now four, two and ?somewhere around six months?. Boyle and his wife were kidnapped while backpacking in Afghanistan in 2012 by the Taliban. They were rescued by Pakistani troops in the northwest of the country, near the Afghan border, last week. Upon their arrival in Canada, Boyle said one of his children had been murdered and his wife had been raped.
