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Indian fishermen released by Pak return home, hail PM Modi

Vadodara, May 29 (ANI): Around 150 Indian fishermen returned home in Vadodara city of Gujarat after they were released from Pakistan prison as a part of goodwill gesture ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit to New Delhi for Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony. In a bid to bolster ties, Sharif had ordered release of fishermen, who were jailed in Pakistan for straying into their territorial waters. A released fisherman, Bhavesh Nanji, said he was happy to return home after two months and appreciated Modi. May 29, 2014
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Tiananmen protest leader haunted by ghosts, 25 years on

A quarter of a century after Communist authorities crushed the Tiananmen Square demonstrators and their hopes of reform, protest leader Wu'er Kaixi still lies awake at night, haunted by the dead and their unrealised dreams. Duration: 01:42 May 26, 2014
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Pak to release 151 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture

New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Pakistan is set to release 151 Indian fishermen on Sunday as part of its goodwill ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of prime minister-designate Narendra Modi led new government at the Centre on May 26. Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that this is a very good gesture from Pakistan and there are hopes of getting rid of all malice between both nations. As per reports an official at the Malir Jail in Karachi where Indian fishermen are lodged, has said that the prison authorities have received orders from Islamabad to release the fishermen who will be transported to Wagah border in Lahore. An estimate point that at present around 229 Indian fishermen and about 780 Indian boats are in Pakistan's custody. May 25, 2014
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