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He was imprisoned until 1998.

Trotsky survived for a day; Mercader was imprisoned until 1960, dying in Havana in 1978.

He does not discover why he was imprisoned until after he is out.

He was imprisoned until 1871 and was then assigned as interpreter to Iwakura Tomomi's diplomatic mission to the Western powers.

Sithole was imprisoned until December 1974, when he was allowed to attend a meeting of black nationalist leaders with the Rhodesian prime minister, Ian Smith, in Lusaka, Zambia.

He was tried for war crimes, and, though acquitted of the most serious charges, was imprisoned until his release in 1953 because of ill health.

Other European countries had legislation limiting imprisonment for debt to one year, but debtors in England were imprisoned until their creditors were satisfied.

Abune Paulos and his fellow bishops were imprisoned until 1983.

Those who fly pigeons -- a favorite Afghan pastime -- will be imprisoned until "their pigeons disappear from their home".

The last two to enter the country illegally were imprisoned until Bill Clinton intervened last year and negotiated their release.

Another contender is the new Islamic Umma party, whose founding members are imprisoned until they renounce their political aspirations (they have so far refused).