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| Rescue is huge blow to the FARC Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, at podium, listens to former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, third left, during an event at the presidential palace in Bogota, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Colombia's military rescued 15 hostages from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 Colombian police and soldiers. Betancourt was abducted by the FARC when running for president in Feb. 2002. The two men at left are unidentified freed hostages.... |
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| S.F. mayor shifts policy on illegal offenders Mayor Gavin Newsom... |
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| Supporters rally in Anne Arundel against illegal immigration arrests Baltimore Convention Center... |
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| The world needs Pakistan to be a strong defender of human rights Pakistani riot police officers stand alert behind the barbed wire in front of President House, where human rights activists hold a protest rally to condemn the killing of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008 in Islamabad, Pakistan. It appears "impossible" for Pakistan to hold a vote on Jan. 8 because of unrest following the killing of Bhutto, the country's election commission said. (js1)... |
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| McCain Discusses Human Rights with Colombian President Colombian President Alvaro Uribe listens during an interview at the Colombian ambassador's residence in New York, Wednesday Sept. 26, 2007. (js1)... |
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| Child sex trafficking 'within UK' Mangota, left, and Elena, two child prostitutes stand by the road in downtown Luanda Saturday night, May 29, 1999. Mangota says she is 15-years-old and Elena 14, although both appear to be younger. The two orphans say they make 60 million kwanzas a night... |
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| UN head to meet China president, premier Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is speaking at the ceremony in honour of Africa Day, at UN Headquarters in New York. (mb1) ... |
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| Cricket's politicians happy to maintain status quo on Zimbabwe ClemsonMemlStadium06... |
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| McCain presses Colombia's Uribe on human rights Colombian President Alvaro Uribe... |
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