Ms Sanchez has said she was denied the right to travel 20 times under Cuba's old travel law and doubted she would get a passport under the new ones.

BBC: Cuba dissident Yoani Sanchez granted passport

Mr al-Hilli's wife, Iqbal, and her 74-year-old mother who held a Swedish passport, were killed, close to the tourist destination of Lake Annecy, on Wednesday.

BBC: Alps shootings: Bomb squad visits Saad al-Hilli home

The next day, May 28, 1991, I stepped off an El Al plane at Ben Gurion Airport, and before reaching the passport check, I walked up the stairs of the old terminal building to the Ministry of Absorption's offices and officially made aliyah.

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He recalled his childhood growing up in Berlin, and produced a copy of his first diplomatic passport as the 11-year-old son of an American diplomat.

BBC: John Kerry starts first day at US state department

The 39-year-old Australian must now wear an electronic tag, abide by a strict curfew and surrender his passport as part of the bail conditions.

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The camera zoomed in for a close look at each passport which indicated three of the hostages were teenagers, 17, 18 and 19-years-old, respectively.

CNN: Video:?8 Chinese?hostages?in Iraq

In Tuesday's video, the camera zoomed in for a close look at each passport, which indicated three of the hostages were teenagers -- 17, 18 and 19 years old.

CNN: Video?shows?8 Chinese held in Iraq