Brazil ex-president Lula to get his passport back

A Brazilian federal judge on Friday ordered that former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's seized passport be returned. A lower court judge had ordered Lula -- sentenced last week to more than 12 years in prison on graft charges -- to surrender his passport on fears that he would seek asylum abroad. Lula still retains a strong lead in the polls ahead of presidential elections in October despite his graft conviction.