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Sunday, July 6, 2008 - 00:00
Before she was kidnapped, Betancourt was widely viewed here as a spoiled, arrogant, if well-meaning, politician. But the courage, loyalty and defiance she displayed during six years as a rebel hostage has turned her into the toast of Colombia
Sunday, July 6, 2008 - 00:00
Perez says the explosives apparently belonged to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia who may have been planning to use them to carry out attacks in the capital
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Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe pledged closer ties with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez on Saturday after months of on-and-off tensions, but Ecuador's leftist president said problems remain
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Three days after her dramatic rescue, the 46-year-old French-Colombian underwent a battery of medical tests Saturday, saying later that doctors "filled me with joy," suggesting that her health has not been permanently compromised
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Ingrid Betancourt, who was rescued from Farc rebels last week, never thought she would see her children again
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New details have emerged of how Ingrid Betancourt, the former Colombian presidential candidate held hostage in the jungle for six years, survived her ordeal at the hands of Marxist rebels
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American spy planes carrying sophisticated jamming equipment blocked frantic attempts by a Colombian rebel commander to contact his superiors about last week's hostage handover
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The Colombian army's daring rescue of Ingrid Betancourt ended her six-year ordeal in the jungle
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Colombia found explosives set to be used in bombs across the capital in reprisal for this week's rescue of leftist rebels' highest-profile hostages, including Ingrid Betancourt
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The two liberations illustrate the two very different types of hostages in Colombia: political captives, designed to further the Farc's agenda, and victims of economic extortion