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Arriving to a hero’s welcome in France, Ingrid Betancourt said Friday that she cried a lot during her six years as a prisoner in the Colombian jungle. Today, she said, “I cry with joy.”French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife met the...
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Spending hours in a gas station line. Filing a story by text message, a few words at a time. Arriving in unfamiliar territory to report on a fast-moving story.News...
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