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Betancourt 2nd most popular politician in Colombia

alertnet.org     yesterday   3 related          

By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Ingrid Betancourt, rescued in July after six years in leftist rebel captivity, is the second most popular politician in Colombia after President Alvaro Uribe, according to a...                    

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Colombia's Betancourt Meets With Pope Benedict

washingtonpost.com     Sep 2, 2008   36 related          

ROME, Sept. 1 -- Freed French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt hugged Pope Benedict XVI on Monday and told him how she was overcome with emotion when she heard him appeal for her freedom on a radio broadcast during her...                    

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Four killed in Colombian rebel car bombing

alertnet.org     Sep 1, 2008   10 related          

By Patrick Markey BOGOTA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Four people were killed and around 20 wounded when a guerrilla car bomb exploded in the Colombian city of Cali, damaging a court building in one of the worst urban attacks this...                    

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Ecuador's challenge: dislodging Colombian rebels (AP)

yahoo.com     Aug 30, 2008   2 related          

AP - Puerto Nuevo, population 1,700, has no church, no police, no immigration post and no elected officials. Flanked by dense rainforest on the southern bank of the muddy San Miguel River, it's a town of transients. And...                    

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RIGHTS-EUROPE: The Dalai Lama, Now the Once Welcomed

ipsnews.net     Aug 29, 2008   128 related          

By Julio Godoy PARIS, Aug 29 (IPS) - Germany and France are, not coincidentally, increasingly tolerant of autocratic Chinese moves, as evident from the treatment that the Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, was given this...                    

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Daniel Linsker: Colombia’s Perilous Success

project-syndicate.org     Aug 28, 2008          

Recent months have been very good for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. His “Democratic Security” policy now seems to have definitively turned the tables in the country’s fight against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...                    

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Colombia's Alvaro Uribe Problem/

miamiherald.com     Aug 27, 2008          

This editorial appeared in Wednesday Aug. 27's Los Angeles Times: President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia is possibly the most popular elected leader in the world. The military's dazzling rescue of hostages held for years by...                    

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Ben Whitford: US must help Colombia end human rights violations

guardian.co.uk     Aug 26, 2008   3 related          

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is on something of a roll. Unsurprisingly, his approval ratings are sky high: with upwards of 90% of the population behind him, Uribe's only real concern is whether to relinquish power...                    

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Pope to meet former hostage Ingrid Betancourt

iht.com     Aug 25, 2008   2 related          

Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt will get her wish to meet with Pope Benedict XVI when they hold private talks next week at the papal summer residence. The meeting Sept. 1 will take place in Castel Gandolfo, a town near...                    

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Hostage Rescuer From Springdale Welcomed Home

nwaonline.net     Aug 23, 2008   3 related          

By Charles Huggins The Morning News SPRINGDALE - Fresh off a secret military mission prompting her nomination for a Medal of Honor, Sgt. Angelina Raquel Montemoino was taking it easy, at least for a day. Montemoino leaves...                    

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