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A Colombian government official who asked to remain unnamed said Sunday that authorities suspect Geneva-based Jean Pierre Gontard was the source for the Swiss radio report last week stating that officials paid a ransom
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It is a vindication of President Alvaro Uribe's bold leadership in standing up to the FARC and its allied narcotics traffickers and it is also a vindication of the Bush administration's steadfast support for an embattled ally
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Ingrid Betancourt appears poised to relaunch a political career in Colombia following the euphoria of her liberation
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It also found that Uribe's approval rating had climbed to 91 percent from 73 percent in the previous poll
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French officials say former hostage Ingrid Betancourt will be awarded the Legion of Honor on the country's biggest national holiday
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A government with popular support and a professional army can make headway against even the toughest insurgency — if it has crucial outside support and the will to fight for years
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Betancourt went on Colombian radio to tell the remaining hostages French President Nicolas Sarkozy had "pledged to keep working for their release"
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Tension between the hostages, however, paled in comparison to the cruelties imposed by their kidnappers in the FARC
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BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- Colombian authorities sought over the weekend to discredit a Swiss academic and former intermediary in talks with a left-wing rebel group who has been linked to a disputed report that officials paid $20 million for last week's release
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Non-governmental organisations active in Brazil will have to re-register with the government under regulations which have drawn criticism from campaigners