Tunisian Opposition Leaders Freed from Jail

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Tunisian opposition leader Chaima Issa of the Salvation Front, and former minister Lazhar Akremi have been released after five-months in prison on "conspiracy against the state security" charges, the lawyers representing them announced, Thursday. Issa and Akremi were among 20 opposition, media and business figures that were arrested in February for the same charges.