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Lindsay Lohan was freed from house arrest Wednesday morning, ending a drama-filled 35 days and opening the next chapter in the troubled starlet's efforts to put her court troubles behind her.

Filmmaker Roman Polanski says letters from supporters that he received in a Swiss prison and while under house arrest at his Alpine chalet have been "full of comfort and reason to hope."

A Swiss court has approved Roman Polanski's bail offer of $4.5 million to be released from prison and kept under house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Swiss chalet.

An American man imprisoned in Myanmar for sneaking into the home of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi flew out of the country Sunday after a visiting U.S. senator won his release.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest and sentenced to three years of prison, but the junta reduced that term to a year and a half of house arrest.