Prison

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Shafiqa, 38 sits along side other prisoners inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. She is in prison for running away from home. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Fariha, 20, washes her clothes inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. She is in prison for running away from home. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Prisoner Sara Gul, 26, changes her baby's diaper inside the women's prison October 20, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Sara has been in prison for six months after running away from her home to escape her husband. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Shawal Jamila,19, smokes a cigarette inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Accused of bad behavior, she ran away from home with her boyfriend and has been in prison for five-month. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Prisoner Maija Gul, 40, who has been in prison for three years on accusations of murdering her step son, looks on at the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Shawal Jamila,19, smokes a cigarette inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Accused of bad behavior, she ran away from home with her boyfriend and has been in prison for five-month. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: A female prisoner sits in her room holding one of the babies living at the prison named Sayed, 11-months-old, at the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

Prison guards shout as they take part in protest march of police officers, border guards, prison guards and public service workers organized in central Warsaw by the Solidarity trade union to protest against the freezing wages next year on September 22, 2010. More than 5,000 Polish civil servants took to the streets of Warsaw on Wednesday in a protest at pay freezes proposed by the government in the 2011 budget, an.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: A Sughra, 25, sits along side female prisoner Shugufa, 23, inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. There are 38 women and 10 children currently living at the small prison. Sughra got a two-year sentence for running away from home. Shugufa is accused of adultry and also killing her husband and has already spent two years in the jail and is uncertain of when she will be released. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

A charred bus that was carrying prison guards and was trapped in a huge forest fire sits on the road in the Carmel Forest near Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 03, 2010 a day after the fire started killing 40 people, most of them prison guards, when it tore through the forest, prompting urgent calls for international help to tackle the blaze.

A charred bus that was carrying prison guards and was trapped in a huge forest fire sits on the road in the Carmel Forest near Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 03, 2010 a day after the fire started killing 40 people, most of them prison guards, when it tore through the forest, prompting urgent calls for international help to tackle the blaze.

A charred bus that was carrying prison guards and was trapped in a huge forest fire sits on the road in the Carmel Forest near Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 03, 2010 a day after the fire started killing 40 people, most of them prison guards, when it tore through the forest, prompting urgent calls for international help to tackle the blaze.

A charred bus that was carrying prison guards and was trapped in a huge forest fire sits on the road in the Carmel Forest near Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 03, 2010 a day after the fire started killing 40 people, most of them prison guards, when it tore through the forest, prompting urgent calls for international help to tackle the blaze.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Afghan female prisoners hang out inside the courtyeard of the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Zuhra holds her son Sahil, five-months-old, inside her room at the women's prison October 21, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Zuhra has been accused of killing her husband and unless lawyers can reverse the sentence she will serve atleast five years. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Sakina (L) , 4, and Khujesta,5, play inside the women's prison where they live with their mothers October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: A female prisoner shakes the water off her headscarf after washing it inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: A female prisoner stands in the courtyard inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: A Female prisoners dance as they listen to music inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: A female prisoner stands in the courtyard inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

Romanian prison guards join trade union members as they shout anti-government slogans in the front of the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest on October 27, 2010. Around 80,000 trade union members are expected to take part in a demonstration against austerity measures taken by Romanian Government.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: A prisoner hangs her laundry in the courtyard inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: A female prisoner prays while sit inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

Romanian prison guards join trade union members as they shout anti-government slogans in the front of the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest on October 27, 2010. Around 80,000 trade union members are expected to take part in a demonstration against austerity measures taken by Romanian Government.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: A female prisoner combs her hair after washing it in the courtyard of the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Afghan prisoners from (L to R) Fahira, 20, sits next to Shawal Jamila, 19, who shares a cigarette with Shugufa, 23, inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: A female prisoner walks by barbed wire in the courtyard inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Shugufa, 30, who is accused of killing her son, stands inside the courtyard of the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

CHINO, CA - DECEMBER 10: A California Department of Corrections officer at Chino State Prison waits for a prison door to be opened on December 10, 2010 in Chino, California. The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments to appeal a federal court's ruling last year that the California state prison system would have to release 40,000 prisoners to cope with overcrowding so severe that it violated their human rights. More than 144,000 inmates are currently incarcerated in prisons that were designed to hold about 80,000.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: A female prisoner prays in her dormitory room inside the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Awaz Khal (R), 23, lays in bed suffering from Typhoid fever as other prisoners talk inside one of the dormitory room's at the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18, 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: Awaz Khal (R), 23, lays in bed suffering from Typhoid fever as other prisoners talk inside one of the dormitory room's at the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. These so-called crimes include everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marriage without proper family consent and attempted adultery. In the worst cases women are put away for many years, accused of murder when usually another person has actually commmited the crime. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18, 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

Jerome Kerviel leaves La Sante prison, on March 18 2008 in Paris, as a Paris court ordered today the release of the rogue trader while investigators probe his role in a multi-billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, the prosecutor's office said. Societe Generale blames the junior trader for losses of 4.9 billion euros (7.1 billion dollars) incurred after the bank was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals he made.

A charred bus that was carrying prison guards and was trapped in a huge forest fire sits on the road on December 02, 2010 near Israel's northern city of Haifa. Around 40 people are believed to have been killed in the devastating forest fire burning.