FREED.
Catholic priest
NGUYEN VAN LY,
59, democracy activist
NGUYEN DAN QUE,
63, and
THICH THIEN MINH,
51, a member of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam; as part of a mass amnesty for 8,325 prisoners by Vietnam's communist government to mark the Lunar New Year; in Hanoi. Amnesty International applauded the release of the human-rights figures, some of whom have been jailed for as long as 25 years.
APPOINTED. BILL CLINTON,
58, former U.S. President, as the United Nations' special envoy for tsunami relief; by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan; in New York City. Clinton, along...
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