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Pope Greets Advocates for Release of Colombian Captives VATICAN CITY, NOV. 19, 2009 .- A group of Colombian motorcyclists sporting black T-shirts reading "liberty" formed part of the audience for Benedict XVI's public address...
Herald TribuneNov 19--Keith Stansell and two other men who were held hostage in Colombia for more than five years are suing FARC, the Colombian paramilitary group that held them. Stansell, of Manatee County, Marc Gonsalves and...
There was this story I once read in which one of the characters was a man who wished to live as long as possible. His methology stemmed from one understanding - that boredom creates the most excruciating sensation of time's...
A Parisian law professor, Evelyne Pisier, has unearthed a 200-year-old law - never repealed - that says it is illegal for women in Paris to wear trousers. According to Pisier, author of 'Le Droit des Femmes' ('The Rights of...
By ELAINE SILVESTRINI | The Tampa Tribune Published: November 13, 2009 TAMPA - Keith Stansell and two other men who were was held hostage in Colombia for more than five years are suing FARC, the Colombian paramilitary group...
From correspondents in Americas, 12:00 PM IST Bogota, Nov 2 (EFE) A suspected member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), wanted by the US on terrorism charges, has been arrested, Colombian authorities said....
Gustavo Moncayo prays he will be reunited with his son this week, 12 years after he was seized by guerrillas In late December 1997, Gustavo Moncayo received a phone call from his son Pablo, 19, who was doing his military...
A teacher has described the “horrible” ordeal after she was accused of banging a six-year-old pupil's hand on a desk in a temper and taken to court. Halina Glebocki, 26, said she had been through a traumatic four months and had...
Donderdag 22 oktober 2009 | Reporters Without Borders ] Renowned Colombian journalist Herbin Hoyos Medina, on 8 October narrowly escaped a murder attempt blamed on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Last Friday's announcement of US President Barack Obama as the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize has turned heads around the world. There's been an outcry, from the right, the left, and the centre, that Obama - a...
