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Celebration Slated For Betancourt Rescuer

nwaonline.net     yesterday   1 related          

SPRINGDALE - A nominee for the Medal of Honor will be welcomed home Friday at her mother's Springdale residence. Sgt. Angelina Raquel Montemoino will be greeted at Angela Courage's home at 1908 Robyn Road from noon to 2 p.m....                    

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Freedom: The Prize of Going to China to the Olympic Games

milt.blogspot.com     yesterday          

We thought Olympics will allow some liberties in China ( yes, I know different countries have different laws). One of the values we teach our kids in school here or there, is the value of their own culture and of course the...                    

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Upcoming UN conference to focus on Declaration of Human Rights

nieuwsbank.nl     yesterday          

Woensdag 3 september 2008 | United Nations (UN) ] 19 August 2008 - Around 2000 civil society groups are slated to attend the upcoming annual United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) conference on non-governmental...                    

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FARC leader Heli Mejia Mendoza could be extradited to US

guardian.co.uk     19-Aug-2008   2 related          

FARC leader likely to be extradited to US - Critics want Mejia to face justice in Columbia Heli Mejia Mendoza was the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's warden, the one who kept the keys to the chains wrapped around...                    

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ANALYSIS-Colombia's Uribe in long-shot trade deal push

alertnet.org     18-Aug-2008   1 related          

By Patrick Markey BOGOTA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe could be forgiven for believing he deserves a U.S. free trade deal after this year's string of strikes against leftist guerrillas, including the...                    

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Grumpy About Pluto, Prague Spring Crushed, and 150 Years Since the First Lincoln-Douglas Debate:...

britannica.com     18-Aug-2008          

Two years ago it became a little smaller world, and many of us were grumpy about it. On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union sent the textbook and reference world into a tizzy when they demoted Pluto to a dwarf...                    

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How best to take on terrorists?

economist.com     16-Aug-2008   1 related          

Is military force the best means to defeat terrorist groups?MANY studies have asked how terrorist groups are born; relatively few have described how such groups are best put out of business. A recent effort to do the latter, by...                    

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Guerrilla bomb kills 7 in Colombian town (Reuters)

yahoo.com     15-Aug-2008          

By Patrick Markey Fri Aug 15, 3:35 PM ET BOGOTA (Reuters) - Seven people were killed and nearly 50 wounded in the most serious Colombian guerrilla attack this year when a bomb exploded in a small town as residents celebrated a...                    

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Colombia seeks recapture of released rebel leader

miamiherald.com     15-Aug-2008          

Colombia's government has asked Interpol to arrest a top guerrilla leader who was freed from jail to encourage the release of rebel-held hostages. A Thursday statement from Colombia's presidency said Rodrigo Granda has failed...                    

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canada.com: The International Committee of the Red Cross Wednesday deplored the apparent 'deliberate misuse canada.com

ICRC seeks clarification over its role in Colombia's hostage rescue

xinhuanet.com     15-Aug-2008   6 related          

BOGOTA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday demanded the Colombian government clarify that the organization did not participate in a recent dramatic hostage rescue. Colombian...                    

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