Release blocked
PARIS - A French prosecutor blocked the release of a former health official, jailed in 1993 in a scandal over HIV-tainted blood transfusions, after a judge ordered the man freed. An appeal court decides tomorrow if Jean-Pierre Allain, who has served just over half his sentence, will leave jail. Reuter
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