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UAE pardons Briton sentenced to life for spying

British student Matt Hedges (R) and his wife Daniela Tejada. Hedges who had been sentenced to life at the UAE for spying was on November 26, 2018 pardoned. [Daniela Tejada/AFP/File / HO]

The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned British academic Matthew Hedges just days after sentencing him to life in prison for spying in a case that stunned Britain and his family.

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