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July 2008
- 1M-Plus March for Colombian Hostages
  
  newser | AFP | Jul 20, 08 6:50 PM CDT
  
  More than a million people marched in Bogota, Columbia and other world capitals today demanding the freedom of captives held hostage by leftist rebels in the Columbian jungle, AFP reports. Recently liberated captive Ingrid Betancourt led chants of "No More hostages" in Paris on Columbia's independence day, as famous musicians from across the globe staged a concert there. More »
  
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  Colombia • protests • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • captives • hostages
- Does al-Qaeda Do the Fist-Bump?
  
  newser | Slate | Jul 16, 08 12:36 PM CDT
  
  Terrorists aren’t big on fist-jabbing or bumping—they’re all about kissing and hugging, writes Juliet Lapidos for Slate in the aftermath of the New Yorker's depiction of knuckle-knocking Obamas, a move referred to by Fox News as a “terrorist fist-jab.” Al-Qaeda members, she writes, are likely to enlist a common Middle Eastern welcome of three cheek-to-cheek embraces. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • al-Qaeda • Osama bin Laden • FARC • Fox News • New Yorker magazine • IRA
- Freed US Hostages Bare Brutal Life With 'Animals'
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 11, 08 3:48 AM CDT
  
  Three freed American hostages who spent more than five years as captives of Colombian guerrillas paint a harrowing picture of their treatment in a CNN interview. Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes, rescued last week, spent much of their time in captivity chained by the neck, and were subjected to forced marches, harsh conditions and constant threats, they report. More »
  
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  Colombia • FARC • rescue • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • rebels • hostages
- Betancourt Bares 'Soul Hell' of Captivity
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 10, 08 6:09 AM CDT
  
  Freed hostage Ingrid Betancourt lived in "soul hell" for years in captivity under a constant threat of death, she said in a riveting interview on CNN's Larry King Live . "I lived for nearly seven years with the awareness that death was my everyday companion," she said. "It was hell. It was hell for the body, it was hell for the soul, it was hell for the mind." More »
  
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  Colombia • hostage • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt
- Our Marriage May Be Over: Betancourt Hubby
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 9, 08 2:03 PM CDT
  
  The husband of rescued Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt says their marriage may be over. In an interview with the Bogota newspaper El Tiempo, Juan Carlos Lecompte acknowledges what many noted when the two reunited in front of TV cameras after last week's rescue—Betancourt greeted him coldly. More »
  
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  France • marriage • Colombia • hostage • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt
- Hostages Captivate Hollywood
  
  newser | Variety | Jul 8, 08 6:42 PM CDT
  
  Film projects revolving around last week’s rescue of 15 FARC prisoners are already taking shape, Variety reports. Rumors abound about rights deals and production agreements. Although not everyone is convinced that the bloodless rescue is dramatic enough material for a box office blockbuster, "it's as memorable as Entebbe, the Hindenburg disaster, or other huge events that stay with us," one producer says. More »
  
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  Colombia • hostage • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt
- FARC Will Punish Remaining Captives: Ex-Hostage
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 8, 08 10:15 AM CDT
  
  Speaking to the media for the first time since his rescue Wednesday, a former FARC captive warned that remaining hostages would face retribution over the escape, CNN reports. “Right now, they're being punished because we got rescued,” said US government contractor Marc Gonsalves. They’ll be made to don heavy backpacks and “forced to march with a chain around their neck while a guerrilla with an automatic weapon is holding the other end.” More »
  
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  Colombia • hostage • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • press conference • captives
- Captors Turned Brutal After Betancourt Escape Attempt
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 7, 08 12:50 PM CDT
  
  Ingrid Betancourt and the other former hostages of Colombia’s FARC faced aggression and abuse from their captors—and each other, CNN reports. Rebels were relatively cordial until Betancourt and former Colombian legislator Luis Perez made an escape attempt in 2005, surviving for 5 days in the jungle before they gave up. More »
  
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  Colombia • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • Colombian rebels
- Betancourt Plans to Write Captivity Play
  
  newser | BBC | Jul 6, 08 7:27 PM CDT
  
  Ingrid Betancourt’s ordeal in Colombia will soon hit a stage near you, the BBC reports. The French-Colombian politician, sprung last week from 6 years of captivity, will pen a play based on her experiences. “People need to understand this, but I can't just write it down the way it happened,” she said, insisting a book wouldn’t work for the project. More »
  
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  Colombia • FARC • Paris • Ingrid Betancourt • play
- Rebel Bomb Revenge Plot Foiled in Colombia
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 6, 08 8:53 AM CDT
  
  The Colombian army seized nearly a ton of explosives near Bogota, foiling a bomb plot by the rebel group known as FARC, according to authorities. Military officials suspect a series of bomb attacks were planned across the capital in the next few days in retaliation for the recent high-profile rescue of 15 hostages, including Ingrid Betancourt, Reuters reports. More »
  
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  Colombia • hostage • FARC • bomb • Ingrid Betancourt • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • bomb threat • Bogota • explosives • revenge
- Hostages Rejoice on Rescue Video
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 4, 08 8:38 PM CDT
  
  Video recorded during the rescue of 15 rebel hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free, the AP reports. Watch the video on the MSNBC link below. More »
  
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  Colombia • hostage • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • video
- Betancourt Outlines 'Diabolic Behavior' By Rebels
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 4, 08 4:51 PM CDT
  
  Speaking after her arrival in Paris today, Ingrid Betancourt says she was tortured during her 6 years as a hostage of Colombian rebels, the New York Times reports. “I was in chains all the time, 24 hours a day, for three years,” she said, describing "diabolical behavior" by her captors. “I tried to wear those chains with dignity, even if I felt that it was unbearable.” More »
  
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  Colombia • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • Colombian rebels
- Betancourt Arrives in Paris
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 4, 08 11:08 AM CDT
  
  Ingrid Betancourt returned to France today after 6 years in captivity in Colombia, CNN reports. "I have been dreaming for 7 years for this moment," the French-Colombian politician said at Villacoublay airport outside Paris. "I owe everything to France. You all shared my despair, my family's despair. I am carrying all of you in my heart." More »
  
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  Nicolas Sarkozy • Colombia • Pope Benedict XVI • hostage • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
- Disorganized Rebels Duped By Hostage Rescuers
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 4, 08 2:15 AM CDT
  
  The Colombian military's daring rescue of FARC guerilla hostages relied on increasing disarray within the rebel ranks, the New York Times reports. Latin America's longest-running insurgency has suffered a near-total communications breakdown in recent months. With the command structure in chaos and rebels depending on "medieval" communications methods, the time was right for the army to pounce. More »
  
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  Colombia • hostage • FARC • Colombian rebels • Manuel Marulanda
- Military Doc: Contractors In Good Condition
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 3, 08 9:30 PM CDT
  
  The three American hostages rescued after more than five years in captivity in Colombia are in good physical and psychological shape, the Washington Post reports. The defense contractors, who arrived at a military base in Texas last night, were held by Colombian rebels in “very cruel and very spartan” conditions but are doing well and “in great spirits,” military officials said. More »
  
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  Colombia • US Army • hostage • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • Alvaro Uribe • contractors
- Betancourt Reunited With Her Children
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 3, 08 2:44 PM CDT
  
  The children of Ingrid Betancourt embraced their mother for the first time in 6 years today in a tear-drenched airport welcome, a day after the former presidential candidate was freed from rebel captivity by Colombia's government. "Nirvana, paradise—that must be very similar to what I feel at this moment," Betancourt told reporters as she fought back tears, her son bending over to kiss her and her daughter clinging tightly to her arm. More »
  
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  France • Nicolas Sarkozy • Colombia • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • reunion
- Freed Hostages Back in US
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 3, 08 10:48 AM CDT
  
  Three American hostages are back on US soil today for the first time in five years, CNN reports, after a late-night landing at an Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas. The men were taken to an Army medical center, where, after undergoing tests and debriefings, they are expected to be reunited with their families. More »
  
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  Colombia • hostage • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • security contractors
- Betancourt Hails Release as a 'Miracle'
  
  newser | BBC | Jul 3, 08 9:17 AM CDT
  
  For Ingrid Betancourt, the French-Colombian politician freed after more than 6 years in captivity, her release yesterday was a “miracle.” Colombian soldiers, posing as NGO officials, tricked FARC rebels and rescued Betancourt and 14 other hostages without gunfire. “There is no historical precedent for such a perfect operation,” said Betancourt, whose liberation deals a major blow to FARC, the BBC says. More »
  
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  Colombia • hostage • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • Alvaro Uribe • guerrilla groups
- Contractors' Families Prepare for Joyous Reunions
  
  newser | McClatchy Newspapers | Jul 2, 08 9:04 PM CDT
  
  The families of three military contractors captured by Colombian rebels more than five years ago had no inkling they were about to be freed, McClatchy Newspapers reports. "It's a miracle today," said Amanda Howes, niece of Thomas Howes. Her uncle and his fellow former captives, Marc Gonsalves and Keith Stansell, were expected to arrive at a military base tonight in Texas. More »
  
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  Colombia • hostage • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • Alvaro Uribe
- 'Mom, You Don't Have to Cry Anymore'
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 2, 08 8:10 PM CDT
  
  Ingrid Betancourt embraced her family today after six years of captivity in the Colombian jungle, the Washington Post reports. "Mom, you don't have to cry anymore," said Betancourt, one of 15 hostages freed from FARC rebels. "This is a miracle." Betancourt appeared thin but healthy at a Bogota military base and wore an ever-present smile. Meanwhile, three US contractors kidnapped in 2003 were on way their back to the US tonight. More »
  
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  Colombia • hostage • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • Alvaro Uribe

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