Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly said he welcomed the "unconditional release" of Sean Kelly.

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Omarjee ordered the unconditional release of 12 activists, as well as of another group of 11 whose whereabouts were unknown, Mtetwa said.

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His agent, Murphy, called to say that no team had traded for him, and Aardsma had been given his unconditional release from the Yankees.

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African Union Chairman Jean Ping issued a statement expressing his group's "total rejection of any attempt at undermining the constitutional order" and demanding the "immediate and unconditional release" of Pereira and Gomes.

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An EU embargo on arms sales remains in place and the bloc has said that it still expects the unconditional release of remaining political prisoners and the removal of all restrictions placed on those already released.

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Mr Madani, who said his release after six years was unconditional, proclaimed it as a good omen.

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