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In this undated family photo, showing Matthew Hedges with his wife Daniela Tejada. The 31-year-old British academic Matthew Hedges was arrested May 5, 2018, at Dubai Airport and subsequently convicted and sentenced to life in prison for espionage. The United Arab Emirates Ambassador in London Sulaiman Hamid Almazroui said Friday Nov. 23, 2018, that his government is studying whether to grant clemency to Hedges. (Daniela Tejada via AP, FILE)

UAE pardons, releases British academic convicted of spying

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this undated family photo, showing Matthew Hedges with his wife Daniela Tejada. The 31-year-old British academic Matthew Hedges was arrested May 5, 2018, at Dubai Airport and subsequently convicted and sentenced to life in prison for espionage. The United Arab Emirates Ambassador in London Sulaiman Hamid Almazroui said Friday Nov. 23, 2018, that his government is studying whether to grant clemency to Hedges. (Daniela Tejada via AP, FILE)

The Latest: Britain ‘perplexed’ but pleased over UAE pardon

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UAE Ambassador to UK Sulaiman Hamid Almazroui delivers a statement about the espionage case against 31-year old academic Matthew Hedges, at the UAE embassy in London, Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. Ambassador Sulaiman Hamid Almazroui said Friday his government is studying whether to grant clemency to convicted British academic sentenced to life in prison for espionage. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

UAE to consider ‘clemency’ in case of convicted Briton

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

This undated family handout photo shows Matthew Hedges with his wife Daniela Tejada. The family of a British academic jailed in the United Arab Emirates on spying allegations says he's been sentenced to life in prison. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old PhD student in Middle Eastern Studies at Durham University, was arrested at Dubai Airport on May 5, 2018. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt expressed shock at the verdict Wednesday Nov. 21, 2018 and has travelled to the UAE to make representations on his behalf. (Daniela Tejada via AP)

UAE sentences British academic to life in prison for spying

By DANICA KIRKA and AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

UK academic on spying charge in UAE released on bail

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