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U.S. hikers held in Iran since 2009 set free

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, arrested in 2009, were granted an early release from an eight-year prison sentence after $1 million was paid for their freedom, according to Iranian authorities.

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UBS trader ordered held over fraud allegation (AP)

People walk outside an office of Swiss bank UBS in the City of London, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011. Swiss banking giant UBS said Thursday that a rogue trader has caused it an estimated loss of $2 billion, stunning a beleaguered banking industry that has proven vulnerable to unauthorized trades. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP – An alleged renegade trader accused of losing Swiss bank UBS about $2 billion in unauthorized trading was ordered held in prison custody Friday charged with fraud and false accounting.


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24 men held as slaves rescued

Police north of London rescued 24 men Sunday who they said were being kept as slaves in filthy conditions at a trailer park site, Sky News reported.

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Tornado-delayed graduation finally held at Alabama (AP)

James Fowler,  places a rose beside a candle in honor of one of the six University of Alabama students who were killed during the April 27, 2011, tornado that ripped through Tuscaloosa, at a memorial service hosted in Foster Auditorium, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Michelle Lepianka Carter)AP – About 3,300 University of Alabama graduates have finally gotten the chance to walk in cap and gown, more than three months after a tornado hit Tuscaloosa and forced their commencement to be postponed.


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Lawyer: 2 Americans held in Iran could be released (AP)

Masoud Shafiei, the Iranian lawyer for two Americans who have been jailed in Iran on charges of espionage, speaks at his office in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 30, 2011. Two Americans could be released after a court hearing slated for Sunday, their lawyer said. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal and Bauer's fiancee, Sarah Shourd, were detained on July 31, 2009, and Iran accused them of illegally crossing the border to spy. Shourd was released last year on $500,000 bail and has said she won't return to Iran for trial. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP – Two Americans jailed in Iran on charges of espionage could be released after a court hearing slated for Sunday, their lawyer said.


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Norway rampage culprit held in isolation (AP)

People comfort each other outside Oslo City Hall as they participate in a 'rose march' in memory of the victims of Friday's bomb attack and shooting massacre Monday July 25, 2011. Anders Behring Breivik has admitted bombing Norway's capital and opening fire on a political youth group retreat, but he entered a plea of not guilty, saying he wanted to save Europe from Muslim immigration. Police announced Monday that they had dramatically overcounted the number of people slain in a shooting spree at a political youth group's island retreat and were lowering the confirmed death toll from 86 to 68. (AP Photo/Erlend Aas, Scanpix Norway) NORWAY OUTAP – The self-described perpetrator of Norway’s deadly bombing and shooting rampage was ordered held in solitary confinement Monday after calmly telling a court that two other cells of collaborators stood ready to join his murderous campaign.


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Norway rampage culprit calm, held in isolation (AP)

Norway's twin terror attacks suspect Anders Behring Breivik, left, sits in an armored police vehicle after leaving the courthouse following a hearing in Oslo Monday July 25, 2011 where he pleaded not guilty to one of the deadliest modern mass killings in peacetime. The man who has confessed to carrying out a bombing and shooting spree that left 93 people dead in Norway will be held in complete isolation for four weeks after a hearing in which he said his terror network had two other cells.    (AP Photo/Aftenposten/Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen) NORWAY OUTAP – The self-described perpetrator of Norway’s deadly bombing and shooting rampage was ordered held in isolation at a hearing Monday after calmly telling the court that two other groups of allies stand ready to join his murderous campaign.


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