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Freed hostage to write play about her captivity
PARIS - Ingrid Betancourt, freed from six years of captivity in a Colombian jungle, plans to write a play about her experience that she said in an interview published Sunday will plumb the soul of the human condition."People must...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 6, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
PARIS - Ingrid Betancourt, freed from six years of captivity in a Colombian jungle, plans to write a play about her experience that she said in an interview published Sunday will plumb the soul of the human condition."People must...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 6, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Experts say tourist overuse threatens Peru's Machu Picchu
LIMA - An influx of tourists to Peru's famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu may prompt UNESCO to add the jungle-shrouded ruins to its list of endangered World Heritage sites.Yearly visits to Machu Picchu, Peru's top tourist destination,...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 6, 2008 7:03 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
LIMA - An influx of tourists to Peru's famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu may prompt UNESCO to add the jungle-shrouded ruins to its list of endangered World Heritage sites.Yearly visits to Machu Picchu, Peru's top tourist destination,...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 6, 2008 7:03 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Colombian Officials Recount Rescue Plan
BOGOTA, Colombia, July 5 -- Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos told a special team of intelligence agents assigned with drawing up a hostage rescue operation to be inventive and bold.
Washington Post – Jul 6, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
BOGOTA, Colombia, July 5 -- Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos told a special team of intelligence agents assigned with drawing up a hostage rescue operation to be inventive and bold.
Washington Post – Jul 6, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Colombian hostage crisis ends bloodlessly
The plan was to bring together their most prized hostages and march them 145km through Colombia's wilderness.A month later, disguised commandos primed with acting lessons land in a helicopter and trick the rebels into handing...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 4, 2008 5:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The plan was to bring together their most prized hostages and march them 145km through Colombia's wilderness.A month later, disguised commandos primed with acting lessons land in a helicopter and trick the rebels into handing...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 4, 2008 5:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Sharemarket recovers lost ground
The sharemarket recovered almost all of yesterday's losses, buoyed by bargain hunters stepping in after markets steadied offshore.The NZSX-50 benchmark index, which yesterday plunged 69 points, closed up 63.5 points, or 2...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 4, 2008 06:10 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The sharemarket recovered almost all of yesterday's losses, buoyed by bargain hunters stepping in after markets steadied offshore.The NZSX-50 benchmark index, which yesterday plunged 69 points, closed up 63.5 points, or 2...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 4, 2008 06:10 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Hostages Freed in Colombia Are Reunited With Families
BOGOTA, Colombia, July 3 -- On their first full day of freedom, the hostages rescued from guerrilla captivity in Colombia were reunited with relatives, as new details emerged Thursday about their captors and the conditions under which they were held.
Washington Post – Jul 4, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
BOGOTA, Colombia, July 3 -- On their first full day of freedom, the hostages rescued from guerrilla captivity in Colombia were reunited with relatives, as new details emerged Thursday about their captors and the conditions under which they were held.
Washington Post – Jul 4, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The greatest escape
She bounded down the stairs of the military aircraft, grinning like a teenager returning from a foreign holiday. On her back was a large rucksack, which, she explained later, contained a dictionary, a sheaf of undelivered letters...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 3, 2008 10:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
She bounded down the stairs of the military aircraft, grinning like a teenager returning from a foreign holiday. On her back was a large rucksack, which, she explained later, contained a dictionary, a sheaf of undelivered letters...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 3, 2008 10:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
How the army rescued hostages
Ingrid Betancourt woke up, as always, at 4am, for another numbing day in her seventh year of rebel captivity deep in Colombia's jungle.The former presidential candidate listened to news of her mother and daughter over the radio...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 3, 2008 7:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Ingrid Betancourt woke up, as always, at 4am, for another numbing day in her seventh year of rebel captivity deep in Colombia's jungle.The former presidential candidate listened to news of her mother and daughter over the radio...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 3, 2008 7:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
SBS snipers target cocaine smugglers
The Navy is using Special Boat Service snipers to intercept cocaine shipments heading to Europe from producers in Colombia and Bolivia.A team of special forces soldiers was on board a Lynx helicopter on Sunday - also carrying...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 3, 2008 5:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The Navy is using Special Boat Service snipers to intercept cocaine shipments heading to Europe from producers in Colombia and Bolivia.A team of special forces soldiers was on board a Lynx helicopter on Sunday - also carrying...
New Zealand Herald – Jul 3, 2008 5:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Colombians Briefed McCain Before Rescue
CARTAGENA, Colombia, July 2 -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) spoke repeatedly Tuesday and early Wednesday about how he would work as president to free three American hostages held by leftist guerrillas in Colombia, but he declined to reveal one key fact: Colombian President Ãlvaro Uribe and his aides...
Washington Post – Jul 3, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
CARTAGENA, Colombia, July 2 -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) spoke repeatedly Tuesday and early Wednesday about how he would work as president to free three American hostages held by leftist guerrillas in Colombia, but he declined to reveal one key fact: Colombian President Ãlvaro Uribe and his aides...
Washington Post – Jul 3, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
