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Sat May-07-05 03:22 PM
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Syria frees Canadian

Last Updated Sat, 07 May 2005 16:09:21 EDT
CBC News

OTTAWA - The Canadian government on Saturday hailed as a diplomatic coup the release from a Syrian prison of a Canadian man.

Maher Ahmed Zaydan, who is now said to be reunited with his family, had been in custody since arriving in Damascus on April 21.

It remains unclear why he and his family went to Syria or why he was arrested. But a parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Pettigrew said Canadian diplomacy had helped win Zaydan's release.

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http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/07/zaydan-syria050507.html

This is good news! Finally.

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Sat May-07-05 03:49 PM
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1. Canadian diplomacy is becoming legendary

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