As they are released from jail, pardoned French aid workers say they are not criminals - je 01.04.2008,10h

Six aid workers convicted of kidnapping children from Chad have been released from French prisons after receiving pardons from Chadian President Idriss Deby on Monday. The aid workers for the organization Zoe's Ark were sentenced to eight year's hard labor in Chad for trying to fly children to Europe without permission. The charity workers -- who denied any wrongdoing -- were flown back to France in December and were serving out their sentences there under a cooperation agreement. +++SYN-MAZ++