From the BBC (Sept. 25):

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered the release from prison of a local journalist whose jailing in June sparked an international outcry.

Abdulkarim Khiwani was given a six-year term after being accused of supporting Shia rebels fighting the government in the north since 2004.

But his lawyers maintained material about rebels found in his possession was essential for his journalism.

The United States had condemned the sentence, as had Amnesty International.

The court decided "to release him from jail after he pledged to respect the constitution and the country's laws", said Justice Minister Ghazi al-Aghbari.

There is no word on the fate of a dozen other people sentenced at the same time - one of whom was condemned to death.