Six foreign medics convicted of infecting Libyan children with HIV have been freed after diplomatic talks secured their release from prison in Libya.
The five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian-born doctor were serving life sentences and have already served more than eight years.
They had always denied the charges and said they were tortured to confess.
They have now arrived back in Bulgaria after an agreement was reached on improving relations between Libya and the European Union.
Last week a Libyan judicial council commuted the death sentences against the six to life imprisonment after the victims' families received a $330m settlement.
EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy travelled to the north African state over the weekend actively seeking their release.
The French President is to travel to Libya tomorrow.
