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Saturday 05 July 2008
For doubters, video of Betancourt rescue released
The Colombian military released video footage of Ingrid Betancourt’s rescue in an attempt to dismiss reports that a ransom was paid for her liberation.
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- BETANCOURT - RESCUE
- For doubters, video of Betancourt rescue released
- Saturday 05 July 2008
- The Colombian military released video footage of Ingrid Betancourt’s rescue in an attempt to dismiss reports that a ransom was paid for her liberation.
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- ZIMBABWE
- Mbeki meets Mugabe, not Tsvangirai
- Saturday 05 July 2008
- In his role as chief regional negotiator on the Zimbabwean crisis, Thabo Mbeki met with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe during a trip to Harare. But opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai declined to meet the South African leader.
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- UK - FRANCE
- London police arrest man in murder of French students
- Saturday 05 July 2008
- Police in London have arrested a 21-year-old suspect over the brutal murder of two French exchange students in the city's southeastern borough earlier this week.
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- CYCLING - TOUR DE FRANCE
- Spaniard Alejandro Valverde wins first stage
- Saturday 05 July 2008
- Spain's Alejandro Valverde is wearing the yellow jersey after winning the first stage of the Tour de France held between the towns of Brest and Plumelec. He is trailed by Belgian Philippe Gilbert and France's Jérôme Pineau.
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- SYRIA - PRISON RIOT
- 'Dozens killed' in Syrian jail riot
- Saturday 05 July 2008
- A London-based Syrian human rights group said at least 25 Islamist inmates were killed during a riot at a military jail near Damascus and called on Syrian President Bashar el-Assad (photo) to intervene and "stop this massacre.
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- G8 - JAPAN - SECURITY
- Japan tightens security ahead of G8 summit
- Saturday 05 July 2008
- Japanese police deployed thousands of riot police as swathes of farmers and protesters marched through Japan's northern city of Sapporo days before the meeting of the world's top industrial powers begins on Monday.
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- TENNIS - WIMBLEDON
- Venus Williams, queen of Wimbledon
- Saturday 05 July 2008
- American Venus Williams has won the fifth Wimbledon championship of her career. She beat her younger sister Serena, the match favourite, in two sets 7-6, 6-4.
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- AFGHANISTAN
- Afghan MP shot dead near Kandahar
- Saturday 05 July 2008
- A member of the Afghan Parliament, Habibullah Jan, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on his way home in the southern province of Kandahar.
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