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Seven soldiers placed under preventive arrest in the trial of the weapon heist at Romanian military base Ciorogarla were released on December 23, 2009, as they could no longer interfere with the investigations, the court explained its ruling Tuesday.

The eight defendants in the case regarding the theft of weapons from Romanian military base Ciorogarla will be released from the Rahova Penitentiary, according to a decision issued Wednesday by the Bucharest Military Court, which sustained their requests for release.

Romanian football referee Aurelian Bogaciu, arrested for 29 days under charges of taking bribe, will be released Thursday according to a decision of the Pitesti Court of Appeal, which rejected the appeal formulated by prosecutors to the Arges Court decision not to extend his arrest.

The Romanian Arges Court decided to release football corruption case suspects Cornel Penescu, Cristian Libertatu, Liviu Facaleata, Gheorghe Constantin and Marcel Lica, but the ruling may be appealed.

The Romanian sailor who had been kidnapped Wednesday in southern Nigeria, was released Thursday, a Nigerian military spokesperson told AFP.

The six miners hospitalized in the emergency hospital of western Romanian mining town Petrosani, after the blasts that occurred Saturday in the Petrila mine, were released Wednesday afternoon, as they were recovering well.