Yet a lower-ranking Islamic Affairs Ministry official connected to the case was convicted in May, in part because of a wiretap recording in which Mr. Azimi was heard discussing the alleged bribes.
This was a major surprise and may in part be due to fears over visa problems.
South Korean media reported on Thursday that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was seeking a visit to North Korea that may be part of a move to bring Mr. Bae back.
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Sure, we may have held part-time jobs, but really, there was a pretty clear line between personal and work.
The man was part of a group of 11 captured in May.
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The Scottish government said the issue of alcohol at games was one of a range of things it may consider as part of wider work - with the police and football authorities - to explore how to improve the sporting experience for fans.
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While no one wants to lose a tax case, it just may be that the worst part of this case was that annoying, uh-hem, thong.
The fact that the target of the attack was a gas plant operated in part by foreign companies may have made Algeria particularly keen to tackle the problem on its own terms.
Dr Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), told the BBC that this kind of campaigning was part of a transition period - which Facebook users may take some time to get used to.
Art may not have started the Egyptian revolution, but it played a large part once the spark was lit.
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Finance Minister Jane Hutt said the scheme was part of a plan for growth and jobs announced in May.
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While the Chancellor was delivering his budget yesterday, I was in a room near Cambridge full of young people who may be part of the answer to Britain's economic future.
This may have led to a fatal complacency on the part of governments, which assumed that their credit was limitless.
She was born Mona May Ratner in Bessarabia, a province of Tsarist Russia, part of which is now in Ukraine.
People at the association, Turkey's leading human-rights body, say the fall was due in part to a new law cutting the length of time a suspect may be held in custody without charge from a week to four days.
His son, Mark, was shot at the Cotton Tree pub in Droylsden, Greater Manchester, in May as part of a long-running family feud, the court heard.
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Sony has launched a three-part strategy to win back the trust of users whose data was compromised in a hacker intrusion that may have accessed as many as 77 million accounts: Apologize.
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Boyle was an integral part of the Jersey team that beat Guernsey in May's Muratti and scored a last-minute equaliser to take the match into extra-time which his side won on penalties.
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