hostages
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.
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.
Friday 19 December 2008
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German hostages freed by tribesmen
Three German nationals who were held captive for five days by Yemeni tribesmen were freed on Friday. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement that the three were "doing well under the circumstances."
Sunday 07 December 2008
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Betancourt to bring FARC deserter to France
Wilson Bueno alias "Isaza", a former FARC guerilla who deserted and freed a hostage, is due to travel to France shortly with ex-hostage Ingrid Betancourt. The man was promised a reward and asylum in France.
Thursday 04 December 2008
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Freed French hostage expected in Paris
French aid worker Dany Egreteau, who was kidnapped a month ago in the Afghan capital Kabul, has been released and will be flown back home to Paris late Thursday, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday.
