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Chadian president ready to pardon imprisoned French humanitarians
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Xinhua News Agency
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February 7, 2008
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Chadian president ready to pardon imprisoned French humanitarians
PARIS, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno
Thursday said that he was ready to forgive and pardon the six
humanitarian workers, who are serving sentences in France after
being convicted by a Chadian court in connection with a child
trafficking scandal.
"I am ready to forgive them," President Deby, who had a day
earlier declared that he was always willing to "consider the
question of a pardon," told France's Europe 1 radio, nevertheless
insisting that "this could only be done if a request is made by
French authorities."
"If we receive a request from the government of France, we are
capable of asking for their ...