BBC: Six Bulgarian medical workers who were imprisoned in Libya for deliberately infecting children with HIV have arrived in Bulgaria after being freed.
The five nurses and a Palestinian-born doctor, who served eight years of the life sentences they received, had always maintained they were innocent.
All six were pardoned on their arrival by Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov.
The release was made possible by a deal struck in Tripoli on improving Libya-EU ties, following years of negotiations.
The EU's External Affairs Commissioner, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, made many trips to Libya, meeting the prisoners and working to improve conditions for children infected with HIV/Aids.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Cecilia, were also involved in the final negotiations.
Mr Sarkozy is now scheduled to visit Libya on Wednesday and meet the country's leader, Muammar Gaddafi, to discuss Tripoli's re-integration into the international community. HIV medics released to Bulgaria (more)
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