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Euphoria in the France 24 newsroom as Romeo Langlois is released. His parents were here with us to share the moment. Online, tweets expressed relief that Langlois was in good health and filming his own release. In sharp contrast, the former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe tweeted that ‘journalistic curiosity is one thing, identifying with terrorism is another’

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By Nicholas RUSHWORTH
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