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Tuesday 23 December 2008
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Web spotlight on Taser stun gun
In this edition: bloggers react furiously to the latest US death caused by a police Taser stun gun; Colombia's FARC prepare to release six new hostages; and Maddie's parents issue a video dating from the last Christmas before her disappearance.
Tuesday 23 December 2008
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Uribe rejects foreign help in hostage release
Following the FARC's recent offer to release six hostages, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe rejected foreign help in negotiating their release in a comment apparently aimed at Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Sunday 21 December 2008
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Six hostages to be released unilaterally
The Colombian Marxist rebel group known as the FARC announced via the Colombian Anncor news agency website the "unilateral liberation" of six prisoners, including two politicians. They did not give a release date.
Saturday 20 December 2008
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Betancourt to write memoir of her six-year hostage ordeal
Ingrid Betancourt says she will leave public life for a while to write a memoir of the more than six years she spent as a hostage of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Betancourt was freed in July by a Colombian military operation.
Wednesday 10 December 2008
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Former FARC guerilla starts new French life
A former guerilla with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia who helped free a legislator being held hostage has arrived in France. He is the first to accept a French offer to welcome rebel defectors who are not wanted for crimes in Colombia.
