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Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
BRUSSELS: The former hostage, Ingrid Betancourt, made an emotional appeal to E.U. lawmakers on Wednesday to work for the release of other captives, saying nations must drop long-held taboos against talking with terror groups. She said ...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt made an emotional appeal to EU lawmakers Wednesday to work for the release of other captives, saying nations must drop long-held taboos against talking with terror groups.
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The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
* Colombia: “I have no intention of doing politics in Colombia,” admitted former hostage Ingrid Betancourt (image) in an interview yesterday where she also said that her return to Colombia has been impeded by death threats. * Mexico: Mexican stocks fell in trading yesterday due to worry over the planned $700 billion bailout plan in the U.S. * Latin America: Trade within the Latin American region has...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Bogota - Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was held hostage by leftist rebels for more than six years before her rescue in early July, said Monday that she is not yet planning to return to Colombia because of death threat...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
GEN MARIO Montoya has for years been a trusted caretaker of the sizeable aid package Washington provides to Colombia's army, leading helicopter-and-commando teams that eradicated drug crops and helping orchestrate this summer's dramatic rescue of hostage Ingrid Betancourt and three captured US defence contractors from Farc rebels.
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My Daily Slice of Golf Blog (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
When Ingrid Betancourt was rescued from leftist rebels in Bogota this July, my plant manager cried. He is from Colombia. A patch of soil in this world...rich in patriotism...and he and his countrymen have a fervor of passion for its country. That day, I walked into my office willing my cup of Starbucks to be my Higgs boson . "It's unbelievable!" postured my work-mate..."My country has freed Ingrid...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, who was held hostage in a jungle by a rebel group for six years, received the Prince of Asturias award Wednesday for her" defense of human rights and fight against terrorism." Betancourt felt "great excitement" for being given the award, which she dedicated to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and many other Colombians who suffered like her. The Colombian-French...
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Cuaderno Latinoamericano (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Ingrid Betancourt, former Colombian Presidential candidate, was awarded the Prince of Asturias prize today, the Spanish equivalent of the Nobel prize. She was captured in 2002 after trying to enter the DMZ in order to continue peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC. Her kidnapping was not premeditated, but they held her hostage for the next 6 years. In July of this...
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Yourish.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Ingrid Betancourt is on the right side of the Gilad Shalit issue. “People all over the world should work for the release of Gilad Shalit. If we adopt globalization for financial goals, the struggle for the release of kidnapped people should also be global,” Betancourt told Yedioth Ahronoth on Tuesday. “If people all over the world [...]
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CNN (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
More than two months after former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and 14 others were rescued from FARC rebels, relatives of the thousands of remaining hostages say the government has abandoned them.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
New York - High profile Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and scores of lesser known victims of terrorism on Tuesday appealed to the international community to focus on their unique needs and stop treating them as mere statistics. Victims of ter...
