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Article: Chadian president pardons jailed French humanitarian workers
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 31, 2008
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Chadian president pardons jailed French humanitarian workers
N'DJAMENA, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Chadian President Idriss Deby
Itno Monday officially pardoned the six French nationals who are
serving jail sentences in France for attempting to smuggle 103
children out of Chad, according to official sources.
"A presidential pardon has been accorded to the six French
members of the Zoe's Ark humanitarian agency," the Chadian president
said in a decree issued in N'Djamena.
After being convicted and sentenced by a Chadian court, the six
humanitarian workers were transferred to France where they are
serving an alternative sentence of eight years in prison for their
respective roles in the child ...