Paul Salopek, Journalist

Spain's womanwandering wrote with the news that Paul Salopek is out of prison.

The Editor and Publisher Journal wrote: U.S. journalist Paul Salopek was released Saturday from a prison in the war-torn Darfur region where he was held for more than a month on espionage charges, the Chicago Tribune reported on its Web site.

A judge in the North Darfur capital of el-Fasher released the Chicago Tribune journalist and his Chadian driver and interpreter after a 13-minute hearing.

"We are stopping the case and we are releasing you right now. And that is all," the judge said in English, the Tribune reported.

Bill Richardson, the governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico, had traveled to Sudan on Friday to meet with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and secure their release on humanitarian grounds.

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