The big story of the week is the recent amnesty for Niger Delta militants announced by President Yar'Adua.

He said the recent amnesty was progress, but not enough.

As a result of the democratization of the application of criminal law and the recent extensive amnesty, the number of corrective labor institutions in my country has been substantially reduced.

He said that 33 black Mauritanians belonging to FLAM had benefited from the recent amnesties, which were the result of "French pressure".

He also noted that Mr. Gusinsky would be eligible for release under a recent amnesty that applies to people who have been awarded special government honors.

I wonder whether your desire to pay up was in any way sparked by the Revenue's recent amnesty for people with unpaid tax stashed in overseas accounts.

The government extended this one-year amnesty four times, with the most recent amnesty having expired on May 16, 2011.

Estimated Cost of $250,000 Having modeled the program after a recent amnesty in St. Louis, the District Attorney's office and the police plan to spend $250,000 to remove guns.

Until the recent amnesty it housed just under 3,000 inmates at 80 per cent capacity; some 2,000 of these were former members of the National Guard.

Human rights groups credit the church with putting pressure on President Jose Eduardo dos Santos to issue a recent amnesty for rebel soldiers, and some suggest that the bishops are peace brokers in the making.