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Iraq Frees prisoners 'For Unity'

[quote][size=18]Iraq frees prisoners 'for unity'[/size]

Iraq has released about 600 prisoners, the first of 2,500 due to be set free as part of a national reconciliation initiative by the prime minister.

Nouri Maliki said those freed would be people with no clear evidence against them or who were arrested by mistake.

More than 100 prisoners were brought to Baghdad by bus, where Sunni Arab politician Omar Juburi welcomed them and gave each one a gift of $200.

About 29,000 prisoners are believed to be held in US- and Iraqi-run jails.

Correspondents say this is expected to be one o

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Running Away

two girls frm my town engaged to two guys frm back home ran away frm home as they didnt want to marry the guys

they are intrested in two other guys from here

IMO they didnt technically "run away" frm home as they went to stay at their uncles home

but they now cant shake of the stigma of being the "girls who brought shame on their family" by running away frm home

as a result their boyfriends family dont want nothing to do with them

why is it the worst possible thing in the world to run away from home

and why do parents says that their daughters are "dead" to them-when they're

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