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Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt on Monday was able at last to thank Pope Benedict XVI, the man whose voice she said reached deep into the Colombian jungle “like a light” to comfort her during captivity.
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Ingrid Betancourt, who spent six years as a hostage of Colombia’s FARC guerrillas, said Wednesday she favors dialogue to end terrorism.
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Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt met with Pope Benedict XVI on Monday to thank him for his prayers during her captivity, the Vatican said.
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Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt has been presented with France’s highest award, the Legion of Honor.President Nicolas Sarkozy says the award is a way of saying...
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Rescued hostage Ingrid Betancourt may be in France, but her voice has been booming over Colombia’s jungles calling on rebels to turn themselves in.Three short...
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Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt urged Colombia’s president and others in the South American nation Monday to tone down their “radical, extremist language...
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French officials say former hostage Ingrid Betancourt will be awarded the Legion of Honor on Bastille Day.Betancourt _ who was released from six years of captivity in a...
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Freed after years as rebel-held hostages, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and four Colombian police officers sent radio messages of hope on Sunday to...
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