French court orders release of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah was serving a life sentence for complicity in the murders of two diplomats, one American and one Israeli, in Paris in 1982.
He has been imprisoned in France since his arrest in 1984.
The Paris Court of Appeal ruled Abdallah can be released next Friday on the condition that he leave France and never return, judicial authorities said.
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